Play by Bee Kanofsky
Awards and Honors: Inducted and archived at the Free Library of Philadelphia as part of PlayPenn's workshop. Selection for production with PlayPenn and the Philadelphia Young Playwrights. The Drake Theatre. Finalist for Blank Theatre Play Festival. Public reading, the Asian Arts Initiative Building. Second place for the Philadelphia Young Playwrights festival.
"An artist, two friends, and a dream. In Arles, France, Vincent van Gogh seeks connection through his art, while Paul Gauguin hopes a creative revival will lead him to Tahiti. When Vincent’s brother Theo brings them together, sparks fly, forging a new connection as their art is tested and possibly shattered. "
Play by Bee Kanofsky
Awards and Honors: Incorporated into the Kilroy's List, a list of plays by emerging, diverse, groundbreaking playwrights. Finalist for Blank Theatre Play Fesitval. Winner and produced by Philadelphia Young Playwrights Young Playwrights Festival. Randall Theatre. Public reading, the Asian Arts Initiative Building. Honorable Mention O'Neill Young Playwright's Festival. Silver Key Winner Scholastic Writing Awards for Playwriting.
"Inspired by the story of two couples, eight hives, and the seeds of an extraordinary story.
'Where did it start?' West-Chester 1930s-1990s.
'Who started it?' Jennie Pippin, Horace Pippin, H. Ralph Weaver, and Grace Weaver.
'Who was it entrusted to?' Dr. William Woys Weaver.
'Where will its roots grow?'"
Play by Bee Kanofsky
Awards and Honors: Selected as part of "We the Spectra: Turning the Page Anthology" for purchase on Amazon, compiled by Writopia. Honorable Mention O'Neill Young Playwright's Festival. Finalist Writopia Worldwide Play Festival. TADA! Theatre. Showcased at Junior Night for the Literary Arts Showcase. Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts.
"This play is an autobiographical account between Bee, her grandmother Toto, and Bee's parents. When Bee and her family go to check in on her grandmother, who has Alzheimer's disease, she must come face to face with the world that she lost through her grandmother's disease, and her own identity as a young Transgender person, which the grandmother wouldn't be able to know."
Play by Bee Kanofsky
Awards and Honors: Honorable Mention for the Philadelphia Young Playwrights festival.
"Phyllis Wheatley, an enslaved woman and poet, grapples with her inner voices through the use of her favorite poet: Ovid. She tackles memories of her past and present. The voices ask, 'what do you have to show for your trials? What good do you make for this situation?'
But does she know the answer?"
Musical adapted from the play of the same name
Book and Lyrics by Bee Kanofsky
Awards and Honors: Honorable Mention for the song, "Invisible Man" National Musical Theatre Songwriting Competition.
"Inspired by the story of two couples, eight hives, and the seeds of an extraordinary story.
'Where did it start?' West-Chester 1930s-1990s.
'Who started it?' Jennie Pippin, Horace Pippin, H. Ralph Weaver, and Grace Weaver.
'Who was it entrusted to?' Dr. William Woys Weaver.
'Where will its roots grow?'"
A Musical for the Moses of Her People
Book and Lyrics by Bee Kanofsky
History of the Musical: It's been in ongoing development since 2019. Workshopped under the guidance of Sara Cooper, playwright/librettist, as her mentee from 2019-2021. (Cooper's musical projects include "Perpetual Sunshine and the Ghost Girls", "HoT", and "The Memory Show")
"Taking inspiration from the life of Bee's hero, Harriet follows the trailblazing life that Harriet Tubman led by examining her life in Philadelphia during the late 1840's and her inner turmoil about her family, and the choice to rescue those she left for freedom."
Collection of Plays, Monologues, and Musicals by Bee Kanofsky
Awards and Honors: Showcased at Sophmore Night for Literary Arts Showcase. Lehigh Valley Charter Arts.
"Compiled from multiple award-winning Bee projects and showcasing works in progress, for the time, such as Fields of Flowers, Painted Peppers, Painted Pepper's musical adaptation, the early beginnings of Being Seen, one of a kind pictures made by Bee just for the collection, and humorous scenes such as Jesus meeting Batman, at the petition of their teacher, Mr. Beatty, and behind the scenes looks at some of the most ambitious projects Bee has made to date."
Plays and Monologues by Bee Kanofsky
""In a series of around 20 monologues, 5 short plays, and 5 short dramatic scenes, we go back to the Revolutionary War and the times that surrounded it. Identity, how one claims it, and what they claim with it, is explored. Some of the people we meet are:
Crispus Attucks. Indigenous/African American martyr who was killed in the Boston Massacre.
Moses Michael Hays. Jewish merchant and advocate for religious freedom at the outbreak of the war.
The Public Universal Friend. Non-Binary preacher and an outspoken pacifist during the war.
Joeseph Brant (alternatively known as Thaynedega in his native language). Mowhawk Chief and general in the British Army.
Faith Trumbull. First American recognized (posthumously) with having Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
The thread of what they claim and lose during the American Revolution defines the collection and elevates it as a letter of admiration, and an inspection, of America's very beginning."
Showcased at Senior Night for Literary Arts Showcase. Lehigh Valley Charter Arts. 2025.