Last of Ken at Extra Mile Playwrights Theatre
Dates: 8/19/2026
📍 Theatre: Extra Mile Playwrights Theatre
7426 W McNichols
Detroit, MI 48221
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DEAD RELATIVES. ONE REPRESSED HUSBAND. AND AN INTERVENTION HE NEVER SAW COMING:
Extra Mile Playwrights Theatre Opens New Rush Hour Read Season with Last of Ken
DETROIT, MI — What happens when a man has spent his entire life avoiding conflict, suppressing his feelings, and playing it safe—only to have his dead relatives decide they’ve had enough?
That’s the premise behind Last of Ken, a new comedy by Detroit playwright Ann E. Eskridge, which kicks off Extra Mile Playwrights Theatre’s new Rush Hour Reads season on August 19.
In Last of Ken, Ken is a married man who has become so thoroughly repressed that even the dead can see his life is going nowhere. So, they do what any concerned family might do: they come back from the grave to stage an intervention. And Ken is not amused.
Directed by Lynch Travis, the staged reading features Essence Anderson, Deborah Carter, Jacob (Jake) Cummings, Dalvin Harris, Kirk James, Byron Keys, David Moy, Jonathan Williams.
The performance is part of Extra Mile Playwrights Theatre’s Rush Hour Reads, a program launched in 2023 to give Detroit-area playwrights an opportunity to put new work in front of a live audience, hear how it plays in the room, and receive valuable audience feedback as they continue to develop their scripts for production.
ABOUT EXTRA MILE PLAYWRIGHTS THEATRE
Founded in June 2009, Extra Mile Playwrights Theatre made its home in Detroit’s Livernois and Six Mile community in 2012. The organization brings together Detroit-area playwrights, actors, and directors dedicated to developing and showcasing the extraordinary theatrical talent of the region.
Through new play development, readings, and performance, Extra Mile creates opportunities for Detroit artists to tell their stories—and for Detroit audiences to help shape the work.
SEE LAST OF KEN
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Live6 Alliance
7426 W. McNichols Road
Detroit, Michigan
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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