The company coffee is terrible. The warehouse guys Freddie and Chuck figure the boss is secretly bringing in great coffee which he’s not sharing. Today the boss has an all-day dentist appointment, giving the guys the opportunity they need to search his office. As long as they can deal with Blitzen, the toy surveillance reindeer, maybe they get away with it.
Keywords: Coffee. Surveillance culture. Reindeer. Bad boss.
Genre: Comedy, Theatre for Young Audiences, Absurdist
Acts: 1
Run time: 25 minutes
Suitable for students 14+
Content note: This script is specifically written as an audio drama with sound cues indicated and they are highly recommended for an audio-only production. However this play can easily be performed on stage with a few tweaks.
Cast size: 3
Male roles: 2
Female roles: 1
Casting notes: Note on casting Blitzen - BLITZEN is a toy reindeer that silently guards the boss’s office and only engages with FREDDIE and CHUCK when they inadvertently wake her. Like the audience, FREDDIE and CHUCK are unaware that BLITZEN contains a camera and a microphone with 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 with BLITZEN's lines prerecorded and delivered on cue or simply spoken by an actor from an off-stage position with a mic.
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