The Return of the Shogun by Keenya J. Jackson

The Return of the Shogun is a story about Saleem (13 years old) and his mother Amina who are working hard to navigate life after the death of Saleem’s step-father. When Saleem’s biological father, Maleek, resurfaces Saleem is left to discover who he is, what it means to be a man and if he wants a relationship with a man who he assumed had abandoned him.

Keenya J. Jackson

Keenya J. Jackson is an emerging Philadelphia playwright and author. She is a co-founder of Jouska PlayWorks at Simpatico Theatre in Philadelphia. Keenya is also a member of The Foundry, A Playwrights Lab at PlayPenn in Philadelphia. Her play America’s Favorite Feminist was commissioned and read by Philadelphia Women’s Theatre Festival (PWTF). Her play Botanicals or Giving it to God, was the recipient of PlayPenn’s professional public reading. Fall of 2022 this play will be produced virtually by Black Motherhood and Parenting New Play Festival and Detroit Public Theatre.

Keenya also has a passion for Young Adult literature, which has led to her completing her first YA novel Much Ado About Something, co-authored with Sarah Hyson.

A proud graduate of Arcadia University, when Keenya isn’t writing, she enjoys being a part of the theater community. She currently sits on the Board of Governors at the Players Club of Swarthmore.

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