Protect the Protectors

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In the Raleigh offices of defense contractor Boykin Dean, Millie and Francine are training computers to do…something. That something is very important for protecting our protectors, our “boys” (sorry, our “people”) abroad who fight for our freedom. Their families are very proud. Their security clearance is low. Their supervisor is the girlboss to end all girlbosses. When a new coworker with direct ties to the military disrupts the peaceful duo, Millie must muddle through ethical questions about the true nature of her work amidst a budding secret romance.

In the Raleigh offices of defense contractor Boykin Dean, Millie and Francine are training computers to do…something. That something is very important for protecting our protectors, our “boys” (sorry, our “people”) abroad who fight for our freedom. Their families are very proud. Their security clearance is low. Their supervisor is the girlboss to end all girlbosses. When a new coworker with direct ties to the military disrupts the peaceful duo, Millie must muddle through ethical questions about the true nature of her work amidst a budding secret romance.

About the Author

Elena Freck (she/her) is a playwright and arts administrator raised between North Carolina and Oregon, currently based in New York City. She writes about characters at crossroads between work and life; ambition and mortality; family and queer identity. She was an inaugural cohort member of Dyke Theatre Co’s Chick Magnet: A New Play Incubator and a recipient of an Annual Artist Grant from The Puffin Foundation in 2025. Selected work includes PROTECT THE PROTECTORS (Princess Grace Award Semifinalist, Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival Finalist, Arts Letters & Numbers Residency, Workshop at Mouths of Babes Theatre), WALKOVER (O'Neill NPC Semifinalist, FRIGID Queerly Festival), THREE ROMANCES FOR THE UNWELL AND OTHERWISE (Rod Parker Playwriting Fellowship Winner), A STROKE OF STATE (Rod Parker Playwriting Fellowship Finalist). BFA: Emerson College.