
The Desk Set (1983)
Performances
November 18-19, 25-27 & December 1-3, 1983
Venue
Community Players Theatre
Synopsis
“The Desk Set” tells the story of a woman named Bunny who, with an encyclopedic knowledge of facts and figures, works in a television network reference department. Electronic brains are installed to do the work of people, soon replacing whole departments, but Emmaracs can not best Bunny in a game of wits, which causes them to blow fuses. Here is a telling comedy, rich in hilarity for anyone who has ever worked in an office.
Author: William Marchant
Historian’s Corner
For the second show of the season “The Desk Set,” Dan Blake and Paul Dillow built a working replica of the 1950’s computer, EMERAC. New for this show and this season, The Posh Nosh, a downtown Bloomington deli, provided a variety of pastries for purchase during the intermissions on Fridays and Saturdays.