Publisher's Synopsis
A full-length play. A bookstore. A smiling salesclerk. A capitalist nightmare.Ever wonder what underhanded evil-doings pull the puppet strings of the retail empire? What do they actually do to those perky salespeople to make them smile like that? Are those blinding, fluorescent lights hiding a dark secret? Matt Atwater, an unassuming student, has been sucked into the foreboding world of retail in order to put himself through school. Along with a passive environmentalist and a goldfish-loving optimist, Matt is eaten alive by the power-mongering managers of a seemingly pleasant bookstore. Laced with images of hell, the play explores the Machiavellian means in which society achieves power. But let's face it, power is absurdly overrated.
