My Fellow Creatures

By Michael Rubenfeld

Two men, each serving time for the same crime, are forced to question the nature of their desires when their pasts become their present.

Venturing into dark and explosive territory, My Fellow Creatures is a raw, honest, and thoughtful portrayal of these men and their virtues, confronting the reader with difficult questions about love, consent, vengeance, and acceptance.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press
• Release date: Jan 1, 2009
• ISBN: 9781770912205

Michael Rubenfeld

Michael Rubenfeld is a writer, director, actor, and producer originally from Winnipeg, now living in Toronto, Canada. His plays include Present Tense, Spain, and My Fellow Creatures. He is the co-founder and co-artistic director of Absit Omen Theatre with Hannah Moscovitch. In 2008 he was hired as the artistic producer of the SummerWorks Theatre Festival. Michael is a 2001 acting graduate from the National Theatre School of Canada.

Book preview

SCENE ONE

Lights on a box. A small box. In the box is a toilet, a bed, a table. It’s terrible. It’s the worst box ever. No air. It’s neat. Tidy. A radio sits on the table.

ARTHUR sits at his desk. There is food on the table. He writes in a journal. Music from the radio. Violins.

KELLY enters. He stands at the door. He stands there. Just stands. Watching. ARTHUR, sensing his presence, turns.

ARTHUR: Excuse me?

KELLY exits.

Excuse me!

No response. ARTHUR contemplates going after him. He doesn’t. He goes to his desk and to his writing. After a few moments KELLY reappears in the doorway. He stands there. Watching. ARTHUR turns off the radio.

KELLY doesn’t move. They stare in silence. Something