Labyrinth Theater Company presents the world premiere of this timely comedy, which grapples with income inequality, gentrification, and cutthroat capitalism. More…
Yusuf studies philosophy. Xiomara is ambitious. Isabel keeps it real. These are the employees of Harlem Office, a neighborhood copy shop, where promotions are rare and raises are even rarer. But when one employee is given the chance to move up, friendships are tested and loyalty turns out to be less valuable than cold hard cash. Soon cutbacks and office politics have everyone fighting to keep their jobs and their sanity in this searing new play about clocking in, clocking out, and rising up.
See it if You like unconventional theater delivered in ghetto vernacular...no holding back in down to earth interaction and telling it like it is.
Don't see it if You need a traditional stage where you easedrop on the action. Here, you feel caught in the middle from your still comfy seats.
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See it if you're into stories about working people
Don't see it if you don't care about the issues of the middle or lower class
See it if You're interested in seeing/understanding the sacrifices people have to make and how it affects friendships.
Don't see it if You're tired of hearing about American struggles.
See it if you are into cutting edge direction and extremely relevant and real writing with excellent acting to boot! It's REALLY good.
Don't see it if you are offended by the rawness and reality of 2017.
See it if enjoy a really great set design, are looking for extremely topical theater combining issues about race and income inequality.
Don't see it if You are hoping for a clear plot line and real charachter development, you want the directing and design ideas integrated with the script.
See it if You can relate to struggles in the work place and trying to move up the corporate ladder. Also If you like to laugh!
Don't see it if You're easily offended by Ebonics & inappropriate language.
See it if you are interested in a play with a very relevant theme: how economically disadvantaged people function in a capitalist society.
Don't see it if you are not interested in seeing the work of a new playwright.
See it if the programs says its 95 mins. Before the second act started they were 95 mins in. This is one of my top three theaters in the city so I wa
Don't see it if s really upset with this play. The set was great which got my expectations really high. worst show I have seen at Labyrinth.
See it if you are interested in an off-beat production with a great cast and a very topical plot; well written, great acting, funny yet serious.
Don't see it if you don't like in-your-face theater, uncomfortable topics. One cannot help but get involved with the characters and their plights.
Also LOVED this show!
See it if Plays about workplace/race politics are of interest to you, and you like them delivered with some humor and well-drawn characters.
Don't see it if you go to the theater to escape politics, racial politics, or reality.
See it if You like theater that makes you think and see things from a different perspective and uses spectacle in the telling of the story.
Don't see it if You don't like alternative staging or theater that is more character driven than plot driven.
See it if you're looking for a new, cutting work-place drama with strong wit and a culturally relevant political message.
Don't see it if theatre is a place for you to escape the reality of a broken system.
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