Hear/Now: A Season of Audio Theater

Hear/Now welcomes you into a theater of your imagination, and reinterprets the classic art form of radio drama through the fresh perspective of contemporary Off-Broadway voices. Keen Company, a Drama Desk and Obie Award winning nonprofit theater in NYC, is proud to debut the world premiere of five new audio plays from a multifaceted roster of playwrights including Pearl Cleage, Kate Cortesi, finkle, James Anthony Tyler, and musical team Melissa Li and Kit Yan. Enjoy a great night at the theater anytime you want with Hear/Now!

Keen Company is proud to present a live recording of That Old Perplexity by Deb Margolin, which originally premiered Off-Broadway in December 2021.

While Manhattan is still reeling from the fall of 2001, Mary and Barbara find themselves in the midst of their own private crises. As their morning commute stalls, the beautiful discord of the recovering city is healed in a tiny way through the women’s sudden intimate connection, the bizarre grace of a vagrant, and the organic ascendance of kindness. A comedy!

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THAT OLD PERPLEXITY by Deb Margolin

MARY: Marcia Jean Kurtz
BARBARA: Jordan Boatman
CONDUCTOR/PROPHETLIKE MAN: Lance Coadie Williams

HEAR/NOW: LIVE!

Director: Jonathan Silverstein
Foley Design and Performance: Nick Abeel
Composer and Pianist: Salomon Lerner
General Manager: Reed Ridgley
Production Stage Manager: Alex Montoya
Assistant Stage Manager: Avery Trunko
Line Producer: Henry Lombino
Production Coordinator: Samantha Robbins
Audio Supervision: Jorge Olivo
Sound Engineer: Garrett Schultz
Assistant Director: Mimi Warnick
House Manager and COVID Safety Officer: Cam Silva
Ushers: Tony Marzani and Carlos Osorio Sordelli
ASL Interpretation: Inclusive Communication Services
COVID Testing Specialists: Holly Mindel, The 1 Stop MD
Production Photographer: Carol Rosegg
Casting Consultants: JZ Casting: Geoff Josselson and Katja Zarolinski
Press Representatives: David Gersten & Associates: David J. Gersten and Daniel DeMello
Accountants: Kudisch, Oster & Company, LLC
Keen Company Artistic Director: Jonathan Silverstein
The Hear/Now Audio Consultant: Garrett Schultz
The Hear/Now Theme Composer: Billy Recce

Keen Company is an award winning Off-Broadway theater championing identification and connection. Make a tax-deductible gift or join us on social media at www.keencomapany.org.