Work

Reviews

“Charlotte Meehan’s expressionistic play examines a cross-section of familiar archetypes, helpfully named according to their personalities in the manner of an old English allegory. Director Jim Simpson transforms his modest Flea Theater into a bleak warren of cubicles to chilling effect, lifting the roof off the corporate cage and giving us a glimpse of the animals trapped inside. Text, direction, and performance blend admirably in the production, conceived and executed with clarity and vision.”

— Trav S.D., Time Out NY

“The Flea Theater is making people laugh. Its latest production, the New York premiere of Charlotte Meehan’s Work, is not just funny — it’s laugh-out-loud, knee-slapping hysterical. Meehan has written a crisply intelligent script. She expertly juggles workplace politics, narcissism, ruthless manipulation, sex, sexuality, misogyny, role reversal, despair, betrayal, and vengeance. As the pieces fall to the ground, Meehan brilliantly deconstructs both corporate America and American society as a whole. Under the outstanding direction of Jim Simpson and featuring the exceptional talents of the Bats, the Flea’s resident acting company, Work is 65 minutes of pure comedic delirium.”

— Sean Michael O’Donnell,Off-Off Online

“It is performance art, or rather, “performance drama.” Dread, comedy, eroticism, bewilderment, all become intertwined with sound and lighting cues. . . it floats across the stage like Greek theater.”

— Douglas Singleton, L Magazine

“Corporate automatons, unite. Charlotte Meehan’s new play Work now playing at the Flea is a sly and darkly parodic look at corporate America. The workers are pitted against upper management in a bitter power struggle worthy of Kafka. In true Flea fashion, this is a funny yet thought provoking play, wrapped in a deft modernist structure and presented in a fresh, unassuming manner. Anyone who’s ever spent time in the corporate grist mill will find much to recognize and appreciate.”

— Jenny Sandman,Curtain Up