Get a Job

Hamlet meets Medea in the Unemployment Offices of the Afterlife for Dead Fictional Characters.

Synopsis:
Hamlet, after moping about his afterlife for a sufficient amount of time, has decided he needs a job (maybe), and has arrived at his local unemployment office where he encounters Medea. Having re-branded herself as a “Life-coach,” Maddie attempts to help Hamlet get the most out of his afterlife.

Average Run Time: 10 minutes
Casting Breakdown: 1M 1F (age negotiable, but should be similar to each other- any where from 20s – 50s)
Genre: Magical Realism, Scifi, drama
Set Requirements: Office

Production History:
2016, Passages Festival, Theatre Unleashed, North Hollywood, California

Get a Job is available by request (use the contact form below) or at the New Play Exchange.

MEDEA: You know what your problem is, Hamlet?

HAMLET: No, but I bet you’re going to tell me something 6,000 other scholars haven’t already touched on.

MEDEA: You’re stuck in your given circumstances.

MEDEA: Cool your jets, Hamster, or I’ll place you in the sanitation department working under Joffrey Baratheon.