Rocket Yourself to the Moon

by Charlotte Lang

During a presentation to the shareholders of Sandra's Old Timey Yoghurt Shoppe, Eli, Marketing Director, reveals to Gabe, the Director of Marketing, a top-secret core value that threatens to unravel the fabric of the corporate facade he's worked so hard to maintain. Meanwhile, Jade, the CEO and heiress to the Sandra's empire, preps to rocket herself to the moon while factory workers plot an uprising.

During a presentation to the shareholders of Sandra's Old Timey Yoghurt Shoppe, Eli, Marketing Director, reveals to Gabe, the Director of Marketing, a top-secret core value that threatens to unravel the fabric of the corporate facade he's worked so hard to maintain. Meanwhile, Jade, the CEO and heiress to the Sandra's empire, preps to rocket herself to the moon while factory workers plot an uprising.

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  • Tom Moran: Rocket Yourself to the Moon by Charlotte Lang
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    This mixture of business lingo-laced intrigue and sci-fi satire of megacorporations (megalocorporations?) makes for a wonderful ride. It is overladen with standout moments, from the bizarre conversations emanating from the factory floor, to the inane jargon mouthed from the upper corporate echelons, through to a gut-bustingly funny list of a drug's side effects. Thoroughly entertaining from start to finish.

    This mixture of business lingo-laced intrigue and sci-fi satire of megacorporations (megalocorporations?) makes for a wonderful ride. It is overladen with standout moments, from the bizarre conversations emanating from the factory floor, to the inane jargon mouthed from the upper corporate echelons, through to a gut-bustingly funny list of a drug's side effects. Thoroughly entertaining from start to finish.

    ”
  • Brandon Monokian: Rocket Yourself to the Moon by Charlotte Lang
    “

    Dark, hilarious, and inventive, "Rocket Yourself to the Moon" is a thrill ride from start to finish. It is unapologetic, brutal and wildly theatrical, all while giving the audience a message without hitting them over the head with it. I love this play so so much.

    Dark, hilarious, and inventive, "Rocket Yourself to the Moon" is a thrill ride from start to finish. It is unapologetic, brutal and wildly theatrical, all while giving the audience a message without hitting them over the head with it. I love this play so so much.

    ”
  • Jillian Blevins: Rocket Yourself to the Moon by Charlotte Lang
    “

    ROCKET YOURSELF TO THE MOON’s premise—a mega-corporation’s quest for “full market penetration” leads to the destruction of the planet—should be absurd. What’s truly horrifying is just how close to reality Charlotte Lang’s existential nightmare of a play hews.

    The playwright tempers her scathing indictment of capitalist myopia with surreal touches (tap dancing minions! Never ending drug side effects! A moldy rat-cow mascot costume!) and pitch-perfect corporate gibberish (“the Marketing Director works closely with the Director of Marketing,”) bristling with Brechtian flair. A hilarious and...

    ROCKET YOURSELF TO THE MOON’s premise—a mega-corporation’s quest for “full market penetration” leads to the destruction of the planet—should be absurd. What’s truly horrifying is just how close to reality Charlotte Lang’s existential nightmare of a play hews.

    The playwright tempers her scathing indictment of capitalist myopia with surreal touches (tap dancing minions! Never ending drug side effects! A moldy rat-cow mascot costume!) and pitch-perfect corporate gibberish (“the Marketing Director works closely with the Director of Marketing,”) bristling with Brechtian flair. A hilarious and terrifying satire of late stage capitalism.

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