Freddie and Chuck are hunting for the boss’s secret stash of great coffee. Driven by Freddie’s unbridled ambition and tempered by Chuck’s commitment to kindness to toy animals, the duo inevitably find themselves at the threshold to the place that may hold the answers they seek. They must enter the boss’s office and come face-to-face with Blitzen, the toy reindeer who guards the secret of great coffee.
Keywords: Coffee. Surveillance culture. Reindeer. Bad boss
Genre: Comedy, Farce, Theatre for Young Audiences
Acts: 1
Run time: 10 minutes
Suitable for students 14+
Cast size: 3 actors
Male roles: 2
Female roles: 1
Casting notes: BLITZEN is a toy reindeer that silently observes the goings-on in the boss’s office and only engages with FREDDIE and CHUCK when they inadvertently say her wake word “Blitzen.” Like the audience, FREDDIE and CHUCK are unaware that BLITZEN contains a camera, a microphone and the ability to record audio and video and transfer files to the company’s network Cloud storage. For stage purposes, a simple toy reindeer will do. BLITZEN’s lines can be prerecorded and delivered on cue or simply spoken by an actor from an off-stage position with a mic.
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