BLACK BAG - Luke Kennard
Being an actor is hard work, especially when the actor doesn't live in an area with a thriving film or stage community. Our main protagonist in Black Bag , by Luke Kennard, is such an actor. He's a big fish in a small pond, generally getting roles in local productions. But that's not enough to sustain the actor - especially when a job falls through. Our unnamed protagonist in question responds to an ad from a university professor, looking for an actor. The job: to wear a giant black bag and attend his lectures, making no sounds. It's a test, of course, to see how the students react. The test is on-going through the semester, and the actor begins to wear the black bag to and from the school, riding the bus and going to tea shops in his black bag. The actor takes his work quite seriously and reflects, himself, on how others react to him as black bag. He even connects with a woman who is turned on by his anonymity in the bag. The bag becomes more than just a job - it is a...