TOO Episode 134 - Audio New Play Festival, Michael Gural-Maiello's SUCCESS IN CONTEMPORARY CORPORATE PRAXIS

Set in the many virtual environments of a multinational corporate 50 years from now, young worker Ellen faces her first performance review. This milestone moment will change and possibly define her life forever. The praxis is fair, the praxis is consistent, and the praxis is for your own good. Welcome to the future of work.

Written by Michael Maiello

Directed by Indey Salvestro

Dramaturg: Steven Gaultney


Composer | Sound Designer |  Sound Engineer: Jack Burmeister

Cast:

Ellen- Jessa Koncic

Logan- Ben Gross

Imani- Tamara Lee Bailey

Interviewer/Assessor/Counselor- Indey Salvestro

Saxophonist: Benjamin Evans

An archive of Michael’s writing is available online at Authory.

Michael Maiello is a journalist, essayist, playwright, and author who held editorial positions at Forbes for 10 years and has also written for The New York Times, Esquire, Rolling Stone, McSweeney's, Reuters, The Daily Beast, Weekly Humorist, Splitsider, The Aw and The New Yorker. He has had plays produced around the world and published by Playscripts Inc. and The New York Theatre Experience. Sign up for Middlebrow Musings, his always free Substack newsletter.