Keith Adkins

Keith Josef Adkins is writer (plays, films, life)

<p>Keith Josef Adkins was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. </p> <p>He has worked as a TV writer on the CW hit comedy GIRLFRIENDS for three seasons.&nbsp; His feature film script THE DISAPPEARING is in development with SimonSays Entertainment (2010 Sundance&rsquo;s Night Catches Us with Anthony Mackie).&nbsp; Keith also worked as a story editor on the critically-acclaimed feature film Gun Hill Road, which premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.&nbsp;</p> <p>Other projects include:&nbsp; The Turnpike (screenplay, horror), The Super Life of Adam Boxer (original TV, dramedy), Charming Frank (original TV, comedy) and The Abandon (original TV, sci-fi drama).</p> <p>Keith&rsquo;s plays include SWEET HOME (2012 production MPAACT Theater &nbsp;&ndash; Chicago), SUGAR and NEEDLES (2012 Epic Theater &ndash; NYC), THE FINAL DAYS OF NEGRO-VILLE (2012 Playwrights Foundation &ndash; San Francisco), THE LAST SAINT ON SUGAR HILL (2011 MPAACT), SAFE HOUSE, among others. &nbsp;His awards include a 2010 Gateway commission from Epic Theatre, a 2010 A Contemporary Theatre/Hansberry Project Commission, a 2009 New Professional Theater Playwright Award, a 2009 New York State Council on the Arts playwriting grant. Keith was recently named resident playwright (2012) for both MPAACT Theater in Chicago and Epic Theater in NYC.&nbsp; He was featured in the NAACP&rsquo;S Crisis Magazine winter edition as &ldquo;a writer to watch&rdquo;. &nbsp;Keith is also the co-founder and artistic director of The New Black Fest, a festival of new and provocative playwriting, music and discussion from the African Diaspora.</p> <p>Keith was a contributing blogger on culture and the arts for TheRoot.com,&nbsp;</p> <p>affiliated with the Washington Post and Newsweek Interactive.&nbsp; He&rsquo;s made&nbsp;</p> <p>radio appearances on NPR&rsquo;S All Things Considered, BBC Worldservice Radio&nbsp;</p> <p>with Owen-Bennett Jones, among others.</p>

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