Byron and Emily go to work but they don't want to. Not in the least. With their boss, Mr. Inferno, about to make them an offer they may not be able to resist, they are going to have to make a choice. Time was when struggling artists like Byron and Emily ran as far away from the corporate world as possible. But those days are largely gone. The temps find themselves tapping out iambic pentameter with No. 2 pencils on their desks, trying to eke out a living in the Big Apple. They quickly learn you can't have your verse and write it too. If you stand too close to the fire that is corporate America, they give you an office and an expense account. Does "Temp" stand for Temporary, or for Temptation?

Quattro Gatti Company, a group of trained and experienced young actors interested in creating new and inventive work, presents the New York premiere of Byron and Emily Go To Work and prepare to travel to the 2004 Dublin Fringe Festival, where they have been invited to participate in the first Young American Playwrights Series. The play features an original score by William Niederkorn, and is directed by Yolanda Hawkins, a veteran of the NYC alternative theatre scene who has collaborated on and performed in the projects of many innovative artists including Richard Foreman, Mark Daniels, Andrea Dorman, John Jesurun, Brian Jucha, Michael Kirby, Ann Levy, Jim Neu, Georg Osterman, Lisa Pakulski, Stuart Sherman, Amy Taubin, Jacquie Tellalian, Ann Wilson, and Kate Wilson. Quattro Gatti Company members include: Brandon Breault, Adam Einstein, Victoria Hay, Shana Lloyd, Ira Lopez, Matthew Park, David Lloyd Rabig, Amy Quint, Katie Scott, and Renee Tan.

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