The play takes place in 2010 in the gut-twisting-deadline-filled world of magazine writing. The twenty-something assistants to the editors are all waiting for their big break in writing something that will set them on their meteoric rise to fame. The well-educated interns decide if they want to become assistants or find something more fulfilling. And then something happens to change an ordinary day of waiting for work from a boss and going for coffee runs into something startling. The opportunity to write about it presents itself and again Branden Jacobs-Jenkins turns that on its head.
Cast of Characters:
DEAN/DEVIN: late 20s - white - Assistant, desperately dreams of creating his own book
KENDRA/JENNA: mid-late 20s Chinese-American or Korean-American, Assistant, entitled, dreams of fame
ANI/SASHA/CALLIE: early 20s white Assistant, quiet, watchful opportunist
GLORIA/NAN: late 30s or early 40s - all ethnicities, Editor, consumed by doubt and insecurity
MILES/SHAWN/RASHAAD: early 20s black, Intern, full of hope and dreams
LORIN: late 30s - all ethnicities, Fact-Checker, overworked stressed searching for peace
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