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Dolphins and Sharks
Three employees of Harlem Office, New York, a neighbourhood copy shop where promotions are rare, raises are even rarer, and racism is often on display...
Dolphins and Sharks is set in a mundane copy shop, but paints a brutal picture of life as an employee. The boss, Mr Timmons, is never on stage, but his orders must be obeyed by his staff. When one staff member is given the chance to move up to manager, friendships are tested and loyalty turns out to be less valuable than cold hard cash.
Soon cutbacks and office politics have everyone fighting to keep their jobs and their sanity. "Encapsulating the cruelty of 21st-century capitalism in one retail outpost, Tyler conveys a gut-level understanding of this world in which more and more is expected for less and less." (Theatermania)
Dolphins and Sharks has been performed to critical acclaim Off-Broadway and at the Finborough Theatre in London/
Dolphins and Sharks is set in a mundane copy shop, but paints a brutal picture of life as an employee. The boss, Mr Timmons, is never on stage, but his orders must be obeyed by his staff. When one staff member is given the chance to move up to manager, friendships are tested and loyalty turns out to be less valuable than cold hard cash.
Soon cutbacks and office politics have everyone fighting to keep their jobs and their sanity. "Encapsulating the cruelty of 21st-century capitalism in one retail outpost, Tyler conveys a gut-level understanding of this world in which more and more is expected for less and less." (Theatermania)
Dolphins and Sharks has been performed to critical acclaim Off-Broadway and at the Finborough Theatre in London/
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106 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2017
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April 2, 2018
What a timely and true play. The ideas in this piece just jump off the page at you. It's hard to put into words how important this play is, but as I read I could feel the weight of those chains and the strain of those relationships. This play will stick with me for a long time, and it answers "Why here, Why now?" on the first damn page. Thank you thank you James Anthony Tyler for putting such truthfulness on paper and onstage. This is the story America needs to see right now.
March 6, 2021
This really grew on me as I read and I continue to reflect weeks after finish.
I like the slow reveal of the characters. We don’t learn certain truths about them that lead to their actions, resistance, unfulfillment untill the end.
Was honored to be a part of a discussion w the author and sixth and i peers.
I like the slow reveal of the characters. We don’t learn certain truths about them that lead to their actions, resistance, unfulfillment untill the end.
Was honored to be a part of a discussion w the author and sixth and i peers.
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews