Pick Up Ax
Play Description
Silicon Valley greed is the subject of Anthony Clarvoe’s PICK UP AX, a reference to a command in a computer game. Brian and Keith are out of ideas to move their software company forward when a stranger, Mick, arrives, ready and willing to do what it takes to get ahead, even if it means extortion.
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (3 male)Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
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Press Quotes
“PICK UP AX … has a smart, sassy script that’s studded with bright, funny dialogue … Clarvoe’s very hip script centers on the fortunes of two bright young men, Keith Rienzi and Brian Weiss, who have bootstrapped themselves from a free-wheeling, penny-ante operation into a multi-million dollar computer software corporation through Keith’s inventive brilliance and Brian’s business instincts. But at twenty-seven, Keith is losing some of his whiz-kid brain, Brian’s financial pipeline is drying up, and their supplier is refusing to deliver vital microchips to them. Just when these two aging wunderkind are facing disaster, in walks … Mick Palomar, a slick operator armed with an M B A and a flair for old-fashioned extortion …” —Richard Christiansen, Chicago Tribune
“PICK UP AX is a fast, funny, entertaining play about a fascinating subject: the growing pains of the personal computer industry … PICK UP AX is likely to be an audience-pleaser because of the sheer exuberance and wit of the script …” —Brin., Variety
Book Information
Publisher | BPPI |
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Publication Date | 11/1/1991 |
Pages | 70 |
ISBN | 9780881451030 |
Special Notes
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Originally produced by the Eureka Theater, San Francisco
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