KENREX
A True Crime Thriller

Kenrex key art poster

Starring
Jack Holden

Directed by
Ed Stambollouian

Book by
Jack Holden, Ed Stambollouian

Music by
John Patrick Elliott

Lyrics by
Jack Holden, Ed Stambollouian

Performances begin April 15 — 11 weeks only!

Lucille Lortel Theatre

121 Christopher St New York, NY

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Wolk Transfer is a proud producer of KENREX. Following acclaimed runs at Sheffield Theatres, Southwark Playhouse and The Other Palace (London), receiving 5 Star Reviews from The Daily Telegraph and WhatsOnStage, KENREX is the unbelievable true story of a community taking back control — part Western, part True Crime, with a foot-stomping live Americana soundtrack.

KENREX is headed to NYC in 2026 for a limited 11 week engagement at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.

July 10th, 1981, Missouri. Smalltown bully, Ken Rex McElroy rules Skidmore with an iron fist. His ten year reign of terror has involved theft, intimidation, assault, abduction and attempted murder — but, thanks to his slippery defence attorney and the rusty cogs of the American justice system, Ken Rex has never spent a night behind bars.

But, when Ken shoots pillar of the community, greengrocer Bo Bowenkamp and leaves him for dead, the good folk of Skidmore decide that enough is enough. If the courts won’t bring Ken to heel, they will.

WATCH THE TRAILER

  • ★★★★★ “Nothing short of phenomenal… A brilliantly theatrical, exhilarating and terrifying evocation of chaos”

    The Daily Telegraph

  • ★★★★★ “Spell-binding”

    WhatsOnStage

  • ★★★★ “Astonishing… Demands to be seen”

    The Guardian

  • ★★★★ “Thrilling”

    The Stage

  • ★★★★★ “Absolutely phenomenal theatre”

    Musical Theatre Review

THE OTHER PALACE

“This stage thriller is a five-star masterclass”

“this astonishing true-crime tale is electrifying, brutal and completely gripping”

Kenrex production photo, a musician playing an electric guitar on stage with warm lighting, a microphone, and recording equipment around.
Kenrex production photo, a young man in a white shirt and tie singing into a microphone in a recording studio with neon green lighting.
Kenrex production photo, a man with curly hair and a dark suit is singing into a microphone on stage, with American and other flags in the background and stage lights casting green and blue hues.
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Kenrex production photo, a man in dress shirt and tie stands on stage holding a microphone, with a shadowed background projection reading 'THE PINKIN SHOW'.
Kenrex production photo, a man singing into a microphone with dramatic lighting and a smoky background.
Kenrex production photo, a man with long hair and a beard is singing and playing an electric guitar during a live performance in a dimly lit room.
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Kenrex production photo, a person with short hair and glasses, sitting on the floor amidst tangled cables, appears distressed or shouting, with two vertical bright light strips behind them illuminating the scene with green and blue hues.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY Manuel Harlan