{"id":30493,"date":"2015-11-10T23:27:11","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T05:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=30493"},"modified":"2015-11-11T00:08:14","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T06:08:14","slug":"drop-it-a-one-act-play-produced-by-15-bytes-and-liberally-inspired-by-ai-weiwei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/drop-it-a-one-act-play-produced-by-15-bytes-and-liberally-inspired-by-ai-weiwei\/","title":{"rendered":"DROP IT: A one act play, produced by 15 Bytes and liberally inspired by Ai WeiWei"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"coffemugs\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Scene 1<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Board Member #1:<\/em>\u00a0<\/td>\nIt’s fundraising time again . . .<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Board Member #2:<\/em><\/td>\nWe should order some coffee mugs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Board Member #3:<\/em><\/td>\nAnd tote bags.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Board Member #4:<\/em><\/td>\nShould we go with red this time, or do we still like white?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Staff #1 (mumbling):<\/em><\/td>\nWe don’t need coffee mugs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Board Member #1:<\/em><\/td>\nWhat’s that?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Staff #2:<\/em><\/td>\nI don’t think the thank you gifts are necessary.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Board Member #1:<\/em><\/td>\nNot necessary? What do you mean?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Staff #1 (louder now):<\/em><\/td>\nThat we don’t need any coffee mugs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Staff #2:<\/em><\/td>\nI don’t think coffee mugs is why people donate.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Board Member #2:<\/em><\/td>\nAren’t we legally required to provide coffee mugs and tote bags?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Board Member #3:<\/em><\/td>\nOr at least bumper stickers?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Staff #1 (enunciating distinctly):<\/em><\/td>\nWe. Do. Not. Need. Coffee. Mugs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Board Member #1:<\/em><\/td>\n If we don’t give incentives, why will people donate?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Staff #2:<\/em><\/td>\nBecause of what we do.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Board Member #2:<\/em><\/td>\nBut . . .<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Staff #2:<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\nOtherwise we’re sort of having a fundraiser to pay for our coffee mugs, aren’t we?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Board Member #1:\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\nBut that’s just the way things are done.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Board Member #2:<\/em><\/td>\nThe symphony has coffee mugs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Board Member #3:<\/em><\/td>\nAnd tote bags.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Staff #1 (yelling now):<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/td>\nWE DON’T NEED NO STINKING COFFEE MUGS!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Board Member #4:\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\nWhat about tote bags?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n Staff #1 stands up, knocking over his chair and exits, slamming the door. A shelf holding a decade’s worth of fundraising coffee mugs crashes to the floor.<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Board Member #1:<\/em><\/td>\nI still think we need to offer them something.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Staff #2:<\/em>\u00a0<\/td>\nThere’s always our overqualified blood, sweat and tears, for a minimum wage and non-existent benefits.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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Scene 2<\/em><\/p>\n

 
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