Pick Up Ax

Silicon Valley greed is the subject of Anthony Clarvoe's PICK UP AX, a reference to a command in a computer game. Brian and Keith are out of ideas to move their software company forward when a stranger, Mick, arrives, ready and willing to do what it takes to get ahead, even if it means extortion. "PICK UP AX has a smart, sassy script that's studded with bright, funny dialogue Clarvoe's very hip script centers on the fortunes of two bright young men, Keith Rienzi and Brian Weiss, who have bootstrapped themselves from a free-wheeling, penny-ante operation into a multi-million dollar computer software corporation through Keith's inventive brilliance and Brian's business instincts. But at twenty-seven, Keith is losing some of his whiz-kid brain, Brian's financial pipeline is drying up, and their supplier is refusing to deliver vital microchips to them. Just when these two aging wunderkind are facing disaster, in walks Mick Palomar, a slick operator armed with an M B A and a flair for old-fashioned extortion " -Richard Christiansen, Chicago Tribune

"PICK UP AX is a fast, funny, entertaining play about a fascinating subject: the growing pains of the personal computer industry PICK UP AX is likely to be an audience-pleaser because of the sheer exuberance and wit of the script " -Brin., Variety