Kay Kemp

Early-Career Writer based out of NYC • Black • They/Them

Early-Career Writer based out of NYC • Black • They/Them

Scripts

Dream A Little Dream of Me

by Kay Kemp

Cast Size
2—3
Genre
drama

A daughter is forced to take care of her ailing mother in the late stages of dementia; as her mother's mind crumbles, so too does the world of the play, present and past blending into one incomprehensible mess.

A daughter is forced to take care of her ailing mother in the late stages of dementia; as her mother's mind crumbles, so too does the world of the play, present and past blending into one incomprehensible mess.

Linguistic Features of AAVE

by Kay Kemp

Cast Size
4—8
Genre
drama,
experimental

A play dealing with the mind-altering effects of sexual and racial trauma on the Black psyche, Linguistic Features centers around main character Zyesha’s struggle to come to peace with herself in the wake of an assault by a white man at a party. Through moments of choral poetry mixed with contemporary dialogue and absurd situations, the play demonstrates the difficulty of dealing with oneself as a Black youth.

A play dealing with the mind-altering effects of sexual and racial trauma on the Black psyche, Linguistic Features centers around main character Zyesha’s struggle to come to peace with herself in the wake of an assault by a white man at a party. Through moments of choral poetry mixed with contemporary dialogue and absurd situations, the play demonstrates the difficulty of dealing with oneself as a Black youth.