The Play's the Thing: The Theatrical Collaboration of Clark Bowlen and Kathleen Keena, 1988-2012

Author Kathleen Keena was a part-time college English teacher, Method-trained actor, and community director when she met Clark Bowlen, theater chair at Manchester Community College in Connecticut in 1988. They formed an artistic partnership that combined their diverse strengths to produce classic and contemporary shows.

Actors joined them as fellow artists on a journey that spanned the academic, community, and theatrical world. Their work included a hip-hop “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” a roc...