The Fate of the Online Cow

by kanishk pandey

The Cow spends her life in front of a camera, playing video games for an active chat, earning money for her owners, Mud and Hue. Up until this point, her life has been simple but fulfilled. However, when a game of Minecraft leads her to consider her own predicament, she must come to terms with the oppressive conditions she exists under and the act of earned revolution.

The Cow spends her life in front of a camera, playing video games for an active chat, earning money for her owners, Mud and Hue. Up until this point, her life has been simple but fulfilled. However, when a game of Minecraft leads her to consider her own predicament, she must come to terms with the oppressive conditions she exists under and the act of earned revolution.

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  • Samantha Marchant: The Fate of the Online Cow by kanishk pandey
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    This script is a wild time! Cow is a character that sticks with you. I would love to see this on stage especially the stream.

    This script is a wild time! Cow is a character that sticks with you. I would love to see this on stage especially the stream.

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  • The Workshop Theater: The Fate of the Online Cow by kanishk pandey
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    The Workshop Theater is pleased to recognize kanishk pandey as a playwright selected out of a competitive pool of applicants for our Spring 2021 Writer’s Intensive. The Writer’s Intensive is an eight-week long, playwright-driven process geared towards revising an existing play. The Fate of the Online Cow is an utterly unique work, transforming even the most banal elements of streamer culture into high drama. Ecologically-minded, worker-championing, and more than a little disturbing, this play has far more than its unconventional titular character going for it. Our congratulations and thanks to...

    The Workshop Theater is pleased to recognize kanishk pandey as a playwright selected out of a competitive pool of applicants for our Spring 2021 Writer’s Intensive. The Writer’s Intensive is an eight-week long, playwright-driven process geared towards revising an existing play. The Fate of the Online Cow is an utterly unique work, transforming even the most banal elements of streamer culture into high drama. Ecologically-minded, worker-championing, and more than a little disturbing, this play has far more than its unconventional titular character going for it. Our congratulations and thanks to kanishk.

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Development History

  • Reading, The Lark, 2021
  • Workshop, The Lark, 2020

Awards

  • Austin Film Festival
    Austin Film Festival
    Semi-Finalist
    2021
  • National Playwrights Conference
    Eugene O’Neill Theater Center
    Semi-Finalist
    2021