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With these five words, a lowly clerk brings chaos into an orderly office. Cherished by readers worldwide, Herman Melville’s 19th century novella, Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street, has been the inspiration for three films, a one-act opera, a radio show, several novels, and one of Organic Theater Company's favorite productions.

 

 “Brightly amusing”                                               “Absorbing and moving” 

  

The story has less to do with finance, or matters legal, and everything to do with what we take for granted in our everyday lives.  When the meekest of clerks in an irrelevant legal office suddenly decides not to perform a simple task he had been ordered to accomplish, the world of his boss is turned upside down. At a loss for the appropriate action, Bartelby’s proper manager embarks on a journey that surprises him as much as it does the unlikely rebel. Those who are familiar with this beloved saga are in for an unexpected ride with the Organic’s critically acclaimed troupe leading the way. Will anyone who sees this production ever see life at the office the same way again?

 

March 22nd - March 25th

Meiley - Swallow Hall

31 S Ellsworth St, Naperville IL

(630)-637-SHOW