Adam P. Kennedy is a writer and producer. His television production company, R. A. V. E. , has produced shows for teens that have aired nationally on PBS and network television, including Africa/USA: The Connection; The World Connection, a three-part series; and Phat Traks, a weekly hip-hop music program. In 1997, Kennedy, along with Karen Lauder and Marcus Ticotin, founded Abandon Entertainment, a television and movie company. His eponymous Kennedy Publishing won the 2007 the Pen Oakland Josephine Miles Award for excellence in literature, for Mom, How Did You Meet the Beatles.
Adrienne Kennedy has been a fixture in the American theatre since the early 1960s, influencing generations of playwrights. She is a three-time OBIE award-winning playwright, including Funnyhouse of a Negro in 1964 and June and Jean in Concert in 1996. Among Kennedy's many honors are the American Academy of Arts and Letters award and the Guggenheim fellowship. She has been commissioned to write works for The Public Theater, Jerome Robbins, the Royal Court Theatre, the Mark Taper Forum, and Juilliard. In 1995-1996, Signature Theatre Company dedicated its entire season to presenting her works. Kennedy has been a visiting professor at Yale University, Princeton, Brown University, the University of California at Berkeley and Harvard University. Kennedy attended Ohio State University and received an honorary doctorate in 2003 in recognition of the 50th anniversary of her graduation.
