The MuCCC will host a performance of Welcome to the Jungle: Amazon.com and Modern Times, "assembled from almost 6,000 comments to the article 'Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace' by Jodi Kantor and David Streitfeld", selected and edited by John Borek.

On August 15th, New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and David Stretfeld dropped a bomb on the business world — a story of inhumane, malicious and coercive work practices at Amazon.com, the world's largest retailer run by the world's fifth richest man, Jeff Bezos. The story ignited an enormous controversy across the globe. Tales of 80 hour work weeks, threshing of employees who suffered deaths and illnesses in their personal lives, stories of cult-like practices and a workplace that seemed like a re-education camp were rebutted by Mr. Bezos. His rebuttal set off a new round of stories and a new round of accusations. But what was perhaps most interesting about this feature were the almost 6000 comments posted by readers on the New York Times website following the article. Conceptual artist John Borek read these comments and from them he has culled a vision of Amazon and the modern American work place. His theater piece Welcome to the Jungle, a collection of comments by Amazon workers and others, reflects the corporate destruction of the personal and family lives of the American worker. The play will be presented the day before Labor Day, Sunday, September 6 at 7 p.m. at the MuCCC Theater.

[source: MuCCC website, 2015-Aug-31]