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KenRex Drama Desk Winners: Jack Holden, Outstanding Solo Performance, and Outstanding Music in a Play, John Patrick Elliott

Ken Rex, the off-Broadway play about Ken Rex McElroy in Skidmore, won two Drama Desk Awards on May 17. It was nominated for a third award  Outstanding Sound Design of a Play for Giles Thomas.

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Reviews of KENREX Off Broadway at Lucille Lortel Theatre

Here are reviews of the KENREX one-man show/musical at the Lucille Lortel Theatre Off Broadway in New York City in April 2026.

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KENREX Script Available on Amazon

The script for the 2025 play KENREX by Jack Holden and Ed Stambollouian. is available on Amazon paperback and Kindle.  It is based on the 1981 Ken McElroy case. It is published by Methuen Drama.

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KENREX Album Available on Amazon

Music by John Patrick Elliott from the London Production of KENREX about Ken Rex McElory is available on Amazon Music (you can also listen to it online)

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Scenes and Background from KENREX NYC Production

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KenRex Promotion (London)

Here’s a promotion for KenRex at the Sheffield Theatre in London with writer/actor Jack Holden This shows scenes from the show in which he plays 30 characters from the Skidmore Ken Rex McElroy case.

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Jack Holden (writer/actor) & John Patrick Elliott (music) Discuss KenRex

I spoke with both at last night’s production of KenRex. One of the advantages of seeing a show at a small off-Broadway venue is that there is easy access to the principals

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Ken Rex McElroy Attorney Richard Eugene McFadden – Clay County Prosecutor 1960

I spot checked some of the depictions in the KenRex play. I ran across this photo of Richard Eugene McFadden in 1960, when he was Clay County Prosecutor and was prosecuting the Perry L. Thresher murder of Mrs. Constance Rebecca … Continue reading

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John Holden won the 2026 Olivier Award for Best Actor for the London production of KenRex

 I saw KenRex and spoke with actor/writer John Holden last night, and I will have a lot coming down the pike on this. John’s one-man show portrays 30 characters from Skidmore/Nodaway County, including David Baird, Trena McElroy, the Bowencamps, attorney … Continue reading

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Review of KenRex in London Play: “Making a Murderer meets The Simpsons.”

Here’s Mickey Joe Theatre Review: KenRex, a one-person musical, based on Ken Rex McElroy, who was killed in Skidmore in 1981.  This review is for the London production.  It opened in New York in April 2026. Including the YouTube-generated transcript … Continue reading

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