Office Zone

By Burton Bumgarner
5 m, 5 w
Eldridge Plays and Musicals

The employees of Sly-Tech Corporation are bored, uninspired, and unhappy with their jobs, which consist of generating reports no one will ever see. They don't know from one day to the next who will even own the company or if they'll have jobs. When a perky young woman fresh out of college is hired to be their manager, they are exasperated. They are even more incensed when she insists on starting off the day with team-building exercises to enhance their P.M.A. (positive mental attitude) and making them hold a teddy bear when they wish to speak at meetings. When the employees find out two custodians have been using the company computers, they begin to fantasize about corporate espionage, blackmail, and becoming rich. They begin to share their dreams and aspirations, and by the next day, they have become friends and colleagues. Their new idealistic manager, however, is beginning to show serious signs of burnout! This one act puts a fresh and funny spin on the daily grind.