move their software company forward when a stranger, Mick, arrives, ready and willing to do what it takes to get ahead, even if it means extortion. "PICK UP AX … has a smart, sassy script that's studded with bright, funny dialogue … Clarvoe's very hip script centers on the fortunes of two bright young men, Keith Rienzi and Brian Weiss, who have bootstrapped themselves from a free-wheeling, penny-ante operation into a multi-million dollar computer software corporation through Keith's inventive brilliance and Brian's business instincts. But at twenty-seven, Keith is losing some of his whiz-kid brain, Brian's financial pipeline is drying up, and their supplier is refusing to deliver vital microchips to them. Just when these two aging wunderkind are facing disaster, in walks … Mick Palomar, a slick operator armed with an M B A and a flair for old-fashioned extortion …" -Richard Christiansen, Chicago Tribune "PICK UP AX is a fast, funny, entertaining play about a fascinating subject: the growing pains of the personal computer industry … PICK UP AX is likely to be an audience-pleaser because of the sheer exuberance and wit of the script …" -Brin., Variety

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