Work Sucks
November 9, 2007 by adizzle
SYNOPSIS: Work Sucks is a ten-minute play about the tragic demise of America’s middle management. Lost in a labyrinth of cubicles, everyman Brad Braidley, employee #285 at the nameless American everycompany, receives a message from a chorus of his colleagues that the company is down-sizing. Fearing the ‘tide of pink slips’ foretold by the oracle of CNN, Brad Braidley begins his journey to confront the all powerful Zeush and revoke his faith in the mighty culture of capital.
CAST SIZE : 7 [3m, 4 non-gender specific]
Brad Braidley: [m] employee #285, recipient of one pink slip
Tye Resus: [m] a wise old mail clerk
Zeush: [m] The All Powerful Dubya
3 Chorus Members [m or f] and 1 Chorus Leader [m or f]
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS: Work Sucks is set in a modern-day office divided up with cubicles.
PRODUCTION HISTORY: Works Sucks was developed at Sarah Lawrence College in 2003 and will premiere in End Times Productions’ Vignettes for the Apocalypse 2 play festival in February 2008 (WINNER - BEST COMEDY!).
VIDEO EXCERPT: by Jerrod Bogard from the premiere production as part of End Time Production’s Vignettes for the Apocalypse 2.
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