Theatre Row | Theater 1 (410 West 42nd St, New York City)
November 4, 2025 7:00 PM
November 19, 2025 2:00 PM – NEWLY ADDED PERFORMANCE!
Tickets by Phone at: (212) 714-2442 ext. 45
Written & Performed by Keith Varney
Directed by Derek Roland
Executive Producer: Liz Ulmer
Associate Director: Jillian Louis
Technical Director: Mike Indeglio
Lighting Designer & Technician: Orrin Dow
Production Stage Manager: Denise Wilcox
Running time: 1hr 20mins
Keith should have known that he was autistic, but he didn’t figure it out until he had a divorce under his belt and a potbelly over it. Recounting ten obvious warning signs he ignored, Keith pieces together the ways that being a high-masking neurodivergent has shaped the course of his entire life – even if he was not-so-blissfully unaware of it.
“Ten Times” features autobiographical storytelling from the award-winning writer of “I Got Fired,” “Bloody, Bloody, Jessica Fletcher” and “SVU: The Musical” who was once called “sophomoric” by the New York Times. Featuring revealing stories and embarrassing childhood photographs, Keith charts his autistic journey from an awkward and polarizing child to an awkward and polarizing adult. But at least now he has an excuse!
PRESS CONTACT:
Scott Klein at Keith Sherman and Associates
scott@ksa-pr.com / 212-764-7900
Keith Varney – Writer/Performer
Keith has written Book, Music and Lyrics in various combinations for I GOT FIRED (Dir. Steve Bebout; NYMF, DIMF – Best American Musical, Theater for American Musical Prize), THE ROAD HOME, SVU: THE MUSICAL, BLOODY, BLOODY JESSICA FLETCHER (NY readings starring Tony Winner Beth Leavel, Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer; 54 Below starring Tony Nominees Sarah Stiles, Gideon Glick & Chip Zien, MT Fest in London starring Harriet Thorpe), ELWAY: THE MUSICAL, THE OTHER SEX (Dir. West Hyler), JOSHUA: THE MUSICAL & PIE EATER. His plays include UNSOLICITED, TEN TIMES I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN I WAS AUTISTIC (2025 United Solo Festival) and THAT CHRISTMAS. He composed songs for Submissions Only, Hot Mess in Manhattan & Stranger Things: The Musical. As an actor he has performed on tour (Titanic), regionally (Les Miserables, The Full Monty, Forever Plaid, The Producers), NYMF (I Got Fired, Camp Rolling Hills, 210 Amlet Avenue), NY Fringe (Take One) and in South Korea (I Got Fired, Best Actor in a Musical – DIMF). He is also a horror novelist (The Dead Circle, Beneath The Snow). He also has several spec screenplays he’d love to tell you about. He has a degree in classical voice from the Eastman School of Music. Solo Album: Momentum. He has appeared on Marques Brownlee’s Retrotech and is a series regular on Broadway Hit Points. He is also the co-host of Youtube Series/Podcasts Keith & Mike Watch Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Look at My Star Trek Toys, Out of Practice, Strange New Show Wisdom of One & K&M Geekly.
In his day job, he is the Editor of Off-Broadway, Regional and Touring for Theatrical Index.
DEREK ROLAND – Director
Derek is a playwright, director, choreographer, and arts educator based in New York, and is a long-standing company member with 3-time Drama Desk nominated physical theatre company Parallel Exit in New York, with which he has co-created and performed in numerous productions across the US and Europe. He holds a Master’s in Playwriting from the University of Edinburgh, where he was awarded the William Hunter Sharpe Memorial Scholarship for playwriting, and has completed directing and new play development workshops at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, the Traverse Theatre, the National Theatre of Scotland, the New Victory Theatre, Playwrights Studio Scotland, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and University of Edinburgh. Directing credits include “Dead Centre” at the Hidden Door Festival, “This is Modern Art” and “The PLAI Project” at SUNY Dutchess, “Pump Boys and Dinettes” at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, “The World Goes Round” at Niagara University, and the world premiere of Paul Bentley’s “Inquisition” at the University of Edinburgh. His writing has been seen Off-Broadway at the New Victory Theatre, at the Traverse Theatre in Scotland (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), the New York Theatre Festival, the Virtual Rochester Fringe Festival, River Readings in Tarrytown, and at the International Human Rights Festival in NYC. Derek was also the artistic director of The Comfortably Quarantined Project, a virtual playwriting project pairing writers, directors, and actors to remotely create original short plays during the pandemic.
LIZ ULMER – Executive Producer
Liz Ulmer is the Director of Live Stage Operations for Sony Music Publishing, where her many projects include The Outsiders, MJ: the Musical, Moulin Rouge, and The Wizard of Oz. Theatrical clients include Cirque du Soleil, Public Theater, Universal Studios, Dollywood, and Radio City. Liz was the General Manager of TheaterWorksUSA, a premier provider of theatrical experiences for young and family audiences, and the GM of the New York Musical Festival (NYMF). Producing credits include the NYT Critic’s Pick Independents (Soho Playhouse) and I Got Fired: The Revenge Musical (in NYC and Daegu, South Korea). Select GM and Company Management credits: Real Men (New World Stages), Clinton: the Musical (New World Stages), Wing-Man (Ars Nova), Georama (Peter Jay Sharp Theater/NYMF), Tail! Spin! (Lynn Redgrave/Culture Project). Liz serves on the Selection Committee for the National Alliance of Musical Theater, and acts as a production consultant for their Festival of New Musicals. Proud graduate, Ithaca College.
MICHAEL INDEGLIO – Technical Director
Michael has been performing regionally and internationally for the past 25 years. He recently returned home to the Philly suburbs with his wife, cats and puppy. He is a nerd and podcaster…naturally.
JILLIAN LOUIS – Associate Director
Jillian has worked on Broadway, Off-Broadway, on tour, in the UK, in many US regional theatres and concert/cabaret venues and on TV, film, in recording and webseries. She is committed to new works and new voices and estimates she has contributed to the creation of over 200 projects. For past credit and teaching artist info: www.JillianLouis.com or for lots of pics of Jillian’s superspecialsenior chihuahua head to IG: @jillian.louis.nyc
ORRIN DOW – Lighting Designer & Technician
Orrin Dow is a lighting designer with over two years of experience bringing stages to life through creative and sustainable design. A Green Engineering student, Orrin strives to combine artistry and efficiency in every production. When not in the theater, they enjoy hiking and transforming into a “big scary monster” at LARP camp. Orrin is dedicated to always putting their best work forward.
DENISE WILCOX – Production Stage Manager
Off Broadway: The Travelling Lady, Nora, Rocket to the Moon, Toxic Avenger, The Musical and Fascinating Aida; Workshops/Festival: Bayonets of Angst, Central Avenue Breakdown and I Got Fired!; Regional: Big River, La Cage Aux Folles, Jekyll and Hyde, Crazy for You, South Pacific and Fiddler on the Roof. Resident Production Stage Manager for Arizona Broadway Theater from 2006 – 2008. Associate Lighting Designer: Untrainable, A How to Train Your Dragon Stage Show at Epic Universe Orlando and Universal Studios Beijing, Mickey’s Magical Book at Disneyland Hong Kong, Saving Aimee, Assassins, and Blackbeard at Signature Theater (Washington DC).
ALTERNATE ART
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