Five young Hamilton professionals spend most of their waking hours in the office at Blast-Off: a boutique start-up advertising firm run by an enigmatic wunderkind CEO who’s never really around. As the lines between work and life blur, can these ambitious ‘rise-and-grinders’ get ahead in a capitalist hellscape on a dying planet without losing grip on themselves? Oh, and why does the office keep quaking like it’s going to explode?
Written by Voaden Prize-winning playwright Michael Kras, The Start-Up is a frenetic, funny new play tackling toxic hustle culture, internalized capitalism, and millennial/Gen-Z loneliness at world’s end.
AUDIENCE ADVISORY: The performance contains strong language and sexual content. Suitable for ages 16+.
