Federal agents have shut down your workplace. You're likely facing time in prison because of a stool pigeon colleague. You screwed up your marriage to a wonderful woman and you fumbled an opportunity for a rebound relationship. Don't worry. It can always be worse as Matthew Green shows in this dark comedy.

Mathew Green's This Office is Permanently Closed is a fun, brief romp through 1980s corporate America, complete with a hilariously big brick cell phone. The dialogue is snappy, and as the recently laid-off employees wallow in their miseries, Green adds an entertaining pivot that reveals that things could always be worse.

Oh, very well done, Green. I have to admit I enjoyed the play from the start, but I certainly didn't know where it was going. Which made the ending even more enjoyable when it happens. Give it a read (or, better yet, a performance) and you'll see what I mean. Enjoyable dark comedy!