AMERICAN SIGNS

About the show

The remarkable Catherine Văn-Davies (Constellations) stars in this electrifying one-performer show that takes an unflinching look into the murky ethics of corporate America and lays bare the brutal truth of what it means to ‘climb the ladder’. In the high-powered and super competitive offices of a top-tier management consultancy firm, our unnamed protagonist is struggling to stand out. Her grades, degrees and internships have gotten her through the door, but she’s lacking the connections of her more affluent coworkers. When an opportunity to prove her mettle arrives, in the form of a project with a distractingly handsome (and married) senior partner, she jumps at the chance and headlong into a minefield of personal and moral turmoil. In American Signs, playwright Anchuli Felicia King (The Poison of Polygamy) delivers a scorching and contemporary work in the spirit of King’s breakout White Pearl and Suzie Miller’s international hit Prima Facie. Darkly comic, raw and daring, American Signs is an impeccably written portrait of a complex character and an opportunity to see some of this country’s most exciting young theatre-makers at the top of their game.