The Fixer

by Susan Pak

A bitter, Korean American, expat professor is thrilled when her best friend, a beautiful and brilliant attorney, joins her in the sparkling city of Dubai. The two enjoy a luxurious and decadent existence at their dream jobs, until one of them is unceremoniously fired. Can the two keep their friendship intact, as they attempt to navigate the shark infested waters of academia? "The Fixer" hilariously examines the...

A bitter, Korean American, expat professor is thrilled when her best friend, a beautiful and brilliant attorney, joins her in the sparkling city of Dubai. The two enjoy a luxurious and decadent existence at their dream jobs, until one of them is unceremoniously fired. Can the two keep their friendship intact, as they attempt to navigate the shark infested waters of academia? "The Fixer" hilariously examines the ways in which lifelong best friends confront issues of allyship, intersectional feminism, and American exceptionalism, as they attempt to protect themselves and each other from their increasingly hostile surroundings.

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The Fixer

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Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization The Steppenwolf Theater LookOut Series, Year 2018
  • Type Reading, Organization Chicago Dramatists, Year 2018

Awards

  • Artemisia Fall Festival
    Finalist
    2019
  • We Screenplay Stageplay contest
    Semi-Finalist
    2018
  • Bay Area Playwrights Festival
    Semi-Finalist
    2019