Borealis

by Bennett Fisher

When a cryptic but ominous letter arrives from her brother on the oil fields, thirteen-year-old Cozbi sets off for Anwar, Alaska to find him. Armed with a book by Donald Trump and an axe, Cozbi battles her way through an Arctic wilderness in pursuit of her missing brother, squaring off against a host of monstrous Ass-Hats on each rung of the corporate ladder. Part mythic journey, part workplace satire, the play...

When a cryptic but ominous letter arrives from her brother on the oil fields, thirteen-year-old Cozbi sets off for Anwar, Alaska to find him. Armed with a book by Donald Trump and an axe, Cozbi battles her way through an Arctic wilderness in pursuit of her missing brother, squaring off against a host of monstrous Ass-Hats on each rung of the corporate ladder. Part mythic journey, part workplace satire, the play is a darkly comic adventure about family obligation, career aspiration, and what we leave behind to make our way to the top.

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Borealis

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  • Cheryl Bear: Borealis by Bennett Fisher
    “

    A fantastic exploration of the struggle to make it in the corporate world and what it can turn us into. Powerful and well done!

    A fantastic exploration of the struggle to make it in the corporate world and what it can turn us into. Powerful and well done!

    ”
  • National New Play Network: Borealis by Bennett Fisher
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    This play was developed at The National New Play Network MFA Playwrights Workshop. This program, conducted annually in conjunction with The Kennedy Center and the National Center for New Plays, provides a graduate–level student playwright with an NNPN-affiliated director and dramaturg, a professional cast for a week of script development, and an introduction to the Network, its Membership, and programs.

    This play was developed at The National New Play Network MFA Playwrights Workshop. This program, conducted annually in conjunction with The Kennedy Center and the National Center for New Plays, provides a graduate–level student playwright with an NNPN-affiliated director and dramaturg, a professional cast for a week of script development, and an introduction to the Network, its Membership, and programs.

    ”
  • Gina Femia: Borealis by Bennett Fisher
    “

    A moving, epic adventure, astutely relevant to the world we're living in, this is a wonderful, wonderful play!

    A moving, epic adventure, astutely relevant to the world we're living in, this is a wonderful, wonderful play!

    ”

Development History

  • Workshop, Alliance Theater, 2017
  • Workshop, House Theater, 2017
  • Workshop, Cutting Ball Theater, 2016
  • Workshop, Mixed Blood Theater, 2015
  • Workshop, Custom Made Theater Company, 2015
  • Workshop, Kennedy Center MFA Playwrights Workshop, 2014

Production History

  • University, UC San Diego Wagner New Play Festival, 2015

Awards

  • Bay Area Playwrights Festival
    Playwrights Foundation
    Semi-Finalist
    2015
  • Playwrights Week
    The Lark
    Finalist
    2015
  • Kendeda Prize
    Alliance Theater
    Finalist
    2016