FELLOWSHIP

by Philip Kershaw

This is the story of Mal, a young Black actor, who is embarking on the first major job in his young acting career after completing his MFA. This farcical parable interrogates the culture of American theatre as it rebounded from the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the racial reckonings of the summer of 2020.

This is the story of Mal, a young Black actor, who is embarking on the first major job in his young acting career after completing his MFA. This farcical parable interrogates the culture of American theatre as it rebounded from the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the racial reckonings of the summer of 2020.

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  • Alicia Margarita Olivo: FELLOWSHIP by Philip Kershaw
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    FELLOWSHIP is an outrageous, provocative, silly, hilarious, and thoughtful exploration of what happens when the theatre industry halfheartedly commits to anti-racism and anti-oppression without a real racial reckoning. FELLOWSHIP really captures the absurdity and horror of being a Black actor and trying to maintain your sense of self in the most dehumanizing of spaces -- and that space could be one that you're making theatre in right now. I really hope to see this produced soon!

    FELLOWSHIP is an outrageous, provocative, silly, hilarious, and thoughtful exploration of what happens when the theatre industry halfheartedly commits to anti-racism and anti-oppression without a real racial reckoning. FELLOWSHIP really captures the absurdity and horror of being a Black actor and trying to maintain your sense of self in the most dehumanizing of spaces -- and that space could be one that you're making theatre in right now. I really hope to see this produced soon!

    ”
“MAL”- BLACK AMERICAN, he/him, mid-late 20s-early 30s. ACTOR.

“OLIVER”- WHITE (and British. Speaks with a semi-posh contemporary British accent), he/him, late 30s-mid 40s, DIRECTOR/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR.

“DAWN”- IPOC (not Black), she/they, mid 20s to mid 30s, ASM.

“GEORGE”- WHITE, he/him, mid-late 20s, ACTOR.

“CLOVER”- LATINX (not white passing and not Black), she/her, 30s-40s, ACTOR

“ELAINE”- WHITE, she/her, late 60s-beyond, PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER.

“MAURICE”- ASIAN, he/him, 30s-40s, ACTOR.

“ALICE”- WHITE, she/her, late 20s-mid 30s, ACTOR

“BRENT”- WHITE, he/him, mid 40s, ACTOR

Development History

  • Residency, Rec Room Arts, 2022

Production History

  • Workshop, Rec Room Arts, 2022