Help Wanted


Each of the three plays in Working It Out offers a very different sort of career path. But which is right for you? To find out, peruse the following pseudo-want ads and select the option that seems most suitable.
Congratulations, and welcome to your new job as a proofreader! We’re only able to offer full-time positions—freelancers are a thing of the past, eh?—but that’s all the better for you! More hours, more money, better job security! And now you can spend all day catching those little errors that everyone else lets slip by. Now you can be the one who makes sure we’ve got every “their” and “they’re” straight, you can make sure bolding is found where it belongs, and italics are in their place.
 
All right, all right, just take a seat. Over there, the desk by Carl. And that’s Tina, and that desk is Ruth’s. Make yourself at home, grab a few of Carl’s almonds—you won’t mind, will you, Carl?—and make yourself at home. We’re so glad to have you aboard!
 
To immerse yourself in the world of cubicle-bound proofreaders, check out Lynn Rosen’s Washed Up on the Potomac.

All right, wiseguy, don’t get any ideas. Just because we say you’re in, doesn’t mean you’re in. You gotta prove yourself first, show us you got the right sensibility. It’s not every guy can be a hitman. Eh… Not that that’s what we’re doing here. We run an automotive shop, we work in the business of automobiles. But it might be what we’re doing here, if you see what I mean. If, say, this automotive thing was all a big front.
 
But that’s all hypothetical, and that don’t concern you now. What should occupy your brain is whether you can keep your head, you hear me? One crackup, you’re out. Can’t take anyone else with a weak constitution, Jesus save me. Bad enough the last guy….
 
Well, what, what you lookin’ at me for? Get in the car, start driving. We got a guy to see about a thing. If you know what I’m saying.
 
For a glimpse into the life of a hitman, check out Rick Cleveland’s Jerry and Tom.

Yeah, hey, congratulations, kid. Welcome to the world of the big screen, the silver screen, whatever you want to call it. Yeah, yeah, we’ve heard it before, you want to direct this, you want to write that, act in that. That’s great. It’s great to have dreams. That’s what we’re all about, here. Dreams and magic. Uh-huh.

 
Don’t get your head stuck in the clouds, though. You’ve got a long way to go. You’re, what, second assistant director? Second second? Oh, you’re the new gopher. Look, I’ve got this suit I need pressed; think you can handle that? Wonderful. Yeah, yeah, they’re filming over there. Something about Marines in Guam, way over budget, I don’t know. Just stay out of the way. Stay out of the way, do what you’re told, and you’ll be up there directing before you know it, all right?
 
Okay, I’ve got a call, I’ve got three guys to see. You go get this suit pressed, and while you’re at it, get me a coffee. Now.
 
To experience the world of filmmaking, check out Aaron Sorkin’s Hidden in This Picture.