JAKE BECKHARD

W O R K P L A C E
P R O F E S S I O N A L

WORKPLACE PROFESSIONAL by Josh Brown premiered in May 2014 at the Bridge Theater, and told the story of a handful of journalism interns fighting each other tooth and nail in a no-holds-barred contest for a staff position. Pictures by Josh Chang.

Mike Puckett, Shelby Leshine, Ben Schrager, and Sarah Harper. Photo by Josh Chang.

Jake Beckhard, Mike Puckett, Lindsey Wolff in an early workshop reading of Workplace Professional.

Ben Schrager and Sarah Harper.

Sarah Harper and Mike Puckett.

Shelby Leshine, Sarah Harper, and Mike Puckett being punched in the head by Ben Schrager.

Sarah Harper, Ben Schrager, and Shelby Leshine.

Shelby Leshine and Ben Schrager.

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Workplace Professional: Trailer

Workplace Professional followed a group of interns competing for one staff job at a prestigious online news journal. For our promo, we made a functioning "politipress.com" and made the following video to advertise the intern program.

Workplace Professional: Intern Interviews

Following that model, we also filmed interviews with each of the characters - three current interns and one former intern who got the staff job.