Ken Urban // Digital Portfolio // January 2025
RECENT THEATER
VIDEO EXCERPTS FROM RECENT WORK (2017 — 2022)
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Excerpts from A GUIDE FOR THE HOMESICK (HUNTINGTON THEATER PRODUCTION — OCT 2017) / THE REMAINS (STUDIO THEATER PRODUCTION — MAY 2018) / VAPOR TRAIL (AUDIO PLAY @ TRIBECA FESTIVAL - JUNE 2022) / THE MODERATE (REHEARSAL FOOTAGE @ EST - MARCH 2022)
A GUIDE FOR THE HOMESICK (FULL PERFORMANCE) / DR2 OFF-BROADWAY RUN / DIR. SHIRA MILIKOWSKY / JANUARY 2025
On his way home after a year in East Africa, a young aid worker goes back to a shabby Amsterdam hotel room with a fellow American. The two strangers replay their pasts and confess their shared fear that they betrayed the friends who needed them most.
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STARRING McKinley Belcher III and Uly Schlesinger
READ SCRIPT (DPS/BROADWAY LICENSING REVISED EDITION)
THE MODERATE (WORKSHOP) / CENTRAL SQUARE THEATER / DIR. JARED MEZZOCCHI / JANUARY 2024
Unemployed during a pandemic, and estranged from his wife and son, Frank accepts a job offer to moderate content for one of the world’s largest social media companies. This work takes a toll until Frank realizes he might have the power to save a teenage girl from her abusive father.
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READ SCRIPT (DRAFT-IN-PROGRESS)
AUDIO PLAYS
VAPOR TRAIL / AUDIO PLAY / TRIBECA FESTIVAL & PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS SOUND STAGE / JUNE 2022
At a chance meeting at the farmers market, two strangers find a connection rooted in their own unspeakable tragedies.
DIR. Knud Adams / STARRING Maulik Pancholy and April Matthis
A STICKY MEMENTO / AUDIO PLAY / NPR’s PLAYING ON AIR / DECEMBER 2024
When Dee from Rockford, Illinois visits Harvard’s namesake statue, she discovers a legacy student, hiding from his parents in the bushes.
DIR. Knud Adams / STARRING Taylor Trensch and Jane Kaczmarek
MUSIC RELATED
SLOW VIOLENCE / DANCE THEATER PIECE CREATED WITH MIT STUDENTS / W97 / APRIL 2023
In this anonymous-looking hotel, strange things are happening on the 13th floor.
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CONCEIVED, DIRECTED, CO-WRITTEN, AND CO-CHOREOGRAPHED by Dan Safer and Ken Urban / CO-CREATED, CO-CHOREOGRAPHED, AND PERFORMED by Mateen Bizar, Madeline Bugeau-Heartt, Eryn Cornelius, Christian Donnerson, Tess Engst-Mansilla, Justin Ferris, Zoe Garcia, Jessica He, Michael Holcomb, Matt McManus, Nine Morch, Nithin Parsan, Jayce Ross, Ellison Scheuller, Claudia Varela, and Elvin Yang / MUSIC BY Occurrence / FILM EDITED by Brian Truglio
UNIVERSE MOVES SO FAST by OCCURRENCE / MUSIC VIDEO / FEB 2023
Music video created in collaboration with animated filmmakers.
DIRECTED by Sarah E. Jenkins and Gina Kamentsky in collaboration with Occurrence