About The Memo

Lake Erie College Theatre Departments presents The Memo by Vaclav Havel.  Described by the director as dark comedy cross between The Office and Monty Python, The memo provides a satiric look at office politics.  It is directed Lake Erie College professor of Theatre Jerry C. Jaffe.

  The Memo begins with the protagonist Mr. Gross (played by LEC alum Cameron Zona ’22) receiving a memo in a new language he cannot read.  It turns out this language is called “ptydepe” and has been brought into the office by his Deputy, Ms. Balas, played by Jasmyn Vislovsky.  Like Alice in Wonderland, Gross goes on a journey into different offices and meets different eccentric characters as he struggles to keep his place in the office now driven by this mad language. 

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