Keenan Scott II is a playwright, poet, actor, director, and producer of original work from Queens, New York. His work has been workshopped and produced at notable theaters such as National Black Theater, New York Theater Workshop, Arena Stage, and Woolly Mammoth. After years of readings, workshops, and independent shows, "Thoughts of a Colored Man" made its commercial world premiere at Syracuse Stage during their 2019-2020 season and transferred to Baltimore Center Stage to finish its regional run, before settling at the Golden Theater during the 2021-2022 Broadway Season, where he made his writing and unconventional acting debut.

Scott was chosen to be a part of the 2021 TED Fellow cohort to be among a global community of artists, inventors, and scientists. His new original musical "The Return of Young Boy" is currently being developed at New York Stage & Film and he has been commissioned by Broadway Theater 2nd Stage for his new play "Heaven is Full," while his other stage plays are in various stages of development. He is also developing an array of projects for television and film, including a pilot with UCP of NBCUniversal and a feature film with Netflix and Chernin Entertainment.

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