This Is A Play About Buttons

by Emily Wanamaker

Georgie works in an office, pressing buttons all day, every day, because buttons are happiness. Stan runs the office with an iron fist. The pursuit of knowledge pits itself against the pursuit of happiness when old acquaintances emerge from woodwork, and as the office begins to unravel, desperation takes hold. This is a Play About Buttons explores the ramifications of burnout in a world where work outranks all...

Georgie works in an office, pressing buttons all day, every day, because buttons are happiness. Stan runs the office with an iron fist. The pursuit of knowledge pits itself against the pursuit of happiness when old acquaintances emerge from woodwork, and as the office begins to unravel, desperation takes hold. This is a Play About Buttons explores the ramifications of burnout in a world where work outranks all, and the consequences that spin out when conformity is the only option.

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    Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre company in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize This Is A Play About Buttons by Emily Wanamaker as a Semi-Finalist for the 2024 Premiere Play Festival. This Is A Play About Buttons rose through a competitive selection process conducted by Premiere staff and a panel of outside theatre professionals to become one of 48 Semi-Finalists out of 760 submissions. The panel found the play to be a highly inventive satire of the corporate American workplace, exploring ideas of productivity, burnout, ethics, and the human psyche. Our...

    Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre company in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize This Is A Play About Buttons by Emily Wanamaker as a Semi-Finalist for the 2024 Premiere Play Festival. This Is A Play About Buttons rose through a competitive selection process conducted by Premiere staff and a panel of outside theatre professionals to become one of 48 Semi-Finalists out of 760 submissions. The panel found the play to be a highly inventive satire of the corporate American workplace, exploring ideas of productivity, burnout, ethics, and the human psyche. Our congratulations and thanks to Emily.

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Production History

  • Fringe, Philadelphia Fringe Festival, 2018