2025 Keen Teens Festival of New Work

Featuring world premiere one-acts by Kyle Bass, Alyssa Haddad-Chin, and Amy E. Witting

May 16—18, 2025

Join us for the 19th annual Keen Teens Festival of New Work, featuring 3 world premiere one acts written specifically for today’s high schoolers, and starring 30 NYC teens!

Keen Teens is a unique educational program from the award-winning Off-Broadway theater, Keen Company. This free program for teens provides invaluable mentorship opportunities: working alongside professional writers, directors, and designers to rehearse and premiere new plays. By commissioning one-acts specifically designed for the high school stage, Keen Teens creates work that speaks to teens on their level, presenting a perspective which is as complex and multilayered as the students themselves. The 12-week program culminates in the Off-Broadway premiere of each new piece during the Keen Teens Festival of New Work at Theatre Row, and the subsequent publishing and licensing by Concord Theatricals.

Be the first to see the Off-Broadway debut of 30 young actors, and the premiere of work which will soon be produced on high school stages around the world!

Keen Teens is made possible through the generous support of The Axe-Houghton Foundation, The Marta Heflin Foundation, and our Keen Teens Ambassadors like you!