Complicity

FULL LENGTH: In 2006 Tig Kennedy was set up to be sexually abused by Hollywood mogul Harry Wickstone, by honeypot Lilia Gordon. Twelve years later Wickstone is arrested, Tig, her sister Sima, and Lilia negotiate surviving the system of complicity that supported this Hollywood predator, and journey to find their place in post-Wickstone Hollywood. While Tig Kennedy seeks justice by upending the status quo, Sima,...
FULL LENGTH: In 2006 Tig Kennedy was set up to be sexually abused by Hollywood mogul Harry Wickstone, by honeypot Lilia Gordon. Twelve years later Wickstone is arrested, Tig, her sister Sima, and Lilia negotiate surviving the system of complicity that supported this Hollywood predator, and journey to find their place in post-Wickstone Hollywood. While Tig Kennedy seeks justice by upending the status quo, Sima, her sister/manager, works to promote her own successes, while supporting TIG's recovery and career. After negotiating a deal with Lilia Gordon, now the President of STARMAX Studios, the three follow a journey of finding their true selves, navigating the in-between as they try to claim power in the competitive and compromising world of producing movies. The further each woman goes in disrupting the status quo of systemic abuse, the more they must confront their own complicity as they hold each other accountable.
  • Recommend
  • Download
  • Save to Reading List

Complicity

Character Information

  • Tig Kennedy
    18-29,
    White
    ,
    Femal
    An actress (Leo), 18 in the opening scene, wears flats, a light grey pencil skirt and a button down white shirt. She’s more like a flight attendant than an actress going to a producer’s meet and greet. Her in-between +decade to the second scene was Tig’s process of “sobering” to the events of her life, rebuilding her livelihood, and self examination or her recovery process: learning to love oneself. Having returned to Hollywood to claim her life back, she journey's to find her right path.
  • Sima Kennedy
    mid 20's to mid 30s,
    White
    ,
    Female
    TIG’s sister and manager is white in her mid 20’s in the opening, then mid 30s thereafter (Libra). Sima and Tig are starting their careers together in the opening scene, and then Sima moves into the world of barracudas. She has a fear failure as much as a fear to succeed, thus works to survive the storms of ‘business as usual.’
  • Lilia Gordon
    mid 20's to mid 30s,
    White
    ,
    Female
    An actress in her mid 20’s in the first scene, then Producer/Executive in her mid 30's thereafter (Scorpio). She is a sharp witted model type, with and the ability to control her outward life while shutting out her inner life. She is meticulous, calculated and poised.
  • Nigel Kent
    Mid 30s to mid 40s,
    White
    ,
    Male
    A Hollywood executive/producer with chiseled features, in his mid 30’s during the first scene as a studio exec lackey for Harry Wickstone, and then 11 years later a Producer on the Board of Director at Starmax Studios (Capricorn). Arrived in Hollywood at eighteen, and quickly became a smooth operator, eventually landing a job with Wickstone. He is a product of the men who trained him.
  • Hunter Winchester
    Mid 30s,
    Any
    ,
    Female
    A reporter/journalist in her mid 30's (Aries). A determined popular news/television reporter/journalist who's willing to do whatever it takes to make it as a prime-time television newscaster. She is mid-career and is on a show that becomes a regular stop on the interview circuit. She is lively, charming and unafraid to push the hard questions and cut the deal that will change the game.
  • Cole Radner / Tech Director / Press 1-Photographer:
    30s,
    BIPOC
    ,
    Male
    Cole Radnor:
    The boyfriend of Tig Kennedy. A good guy, determined but plays the game. He was a Tiger Beat teen but in growing older has to still audition to get the parts. He's on the edges of working toward a Marvel character. Can be laid back but always a bit on edge about his place in the industry.
    Tech Director:
    A hardcore player in the old Wickstone corporation, now STARMAX, who works for the Board of Directors to make sure the transition ofter the arrest goes smoothly.
  • Tony / Make-Up / Production Manager / Press 2
    Mid 30s,
    Any Race
    ,
    Male
    Make-Up:
    A colorful studio make-up artist on the set of Upside, but also a hired make-up person for Tig as she makes her way to the Golden Globes.
    Production Manager:
    An assertive male taking full command of the room who remains on set during the production to monitor both the set and the audience reaction.
    Tony:
    A nervous nerd sound engineer (Aquarius), who has been working in the system since he was 18. He is considered a career engineer, and is full time with the Wickstone then Starmax group, who have paid him well over the years.

Development History

  • Reading
    ,
    The Actor's Studio
    ,
    2023
  • Reading
    ,
    League of Professional Theater Women
    ,
    2021
  • Reading
    ,
    Dramatists Guild
    ,
    2021

Production History

  • Workshop
    ,
    The New Ohio Theatre (NYC)
    ,
    2022
  • Workshop
    ,
    HB Studios (Director's Workshop)
    ,
    2019
  • Fringe
    ,
    AMIOS SHOTZ
    ,
    2018

Awards

Winner
,
HB Residency Fellow
,
HB Studios
,
2019