MVHS tackles office politics with ‘Wage Warfare’

The Marmaton Valley Drama Department will present a play about office politics at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

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November 1, 2023 - 3:09 PM

Emily Robertson, from left, Ava Newman, Brady Burton and Sophia Heim rehearse a scene from “Wage Warfare,” a production of the Marmaton Valley High School Drama Department offered at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Photo by Richard Luken / Iola Register

MORAN — If you’ve held an office job, but really wished you hadn’t, Marmaton Valley High School Drama Department’s upcoming production may hit a little close to home.

“Wage Warfare” brings the story of three female coworkers who constantly make life miserable for each other. Two can’t stand each other; the third is stuck in the middle.

But when a chance for a promotion suddenly appears, all three find themselves fighting for the job — and all is fair in love, war and office politics.

Halie Luken directs this madhouse free-for-all of schemes, sabotage and unlikely alliances.

“This play has many, as I call them, Marmaton Valley quirks,” Luken said. “There are fun characters, a little exaggerated storyline, and endless laughs.”

“Wage Warfare” stars Emily Robertson, Ava Newman, Sophia Heim, Brady Burton, Lily Mynatt and Brendon Newman, and runs at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the MVHS old gymnasium.

General admission tickets sell for $5 apiece.

Dessert will be served at intermission.

Sophia Heim, left, tries to corral loose papers strewn about by Ava Newman’s character in the play “Wage Warfare.”Photo by Richard Luken / Iola Register
Marmaton Valley Drama students, from left, Emily Robertson, Brendon Newman, standing, Sophia Heim and Ava Newman portray office workers in the play “Wage Warfare.”Photo by Richard Luken / Iola Register
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