Laura Partridge is a very niave but enthusiastic small stockholder of 10 shares in General Products, a large corporation based in New York. She attends her first stockholder meeting ready to question the board of directors from their salaries to their operations. These are not the questions which the board expected to be asked of them, especially since they are all crooked, except for Edward McKeever, the current CEO who has resigned in order to take an advisory position at the Pentagon. With Edward in Washington, John Blessington and Clifford Snell establish their hold on General Products - They see greater riches now that Edward has influence with the US senate, especially with the awarding of federal contracts, unfortunately for them he is honest, and won't do their bidding. In the meantime, Laura continues to be a nusance to the board. Blessington believes the only way to silence her, is to give her a high paying position with the company. The idea is for her to do absolutely nothing - Laura has other plans. She begins to correspond with other small stockholders in the company - a problem for the board. They decide to get rid of her by sending her to Washington to get contracts. Laura now knowing their true intentions for her, has her own agenda, that is to somehow get Edward back in charge.
Place: Downtown - New York City
Time: The Early 1950's
ACT ONE
Scene 1: The Board Room
Scene 2: A Pathetically Small Office
Scene 3: The Board Room
Scene 4: The Small Office
Scene 5: The Board Room
*** 20 Minute Serving Intermission ***
ACT TWO
Scene 1: McKeever's Office in Washington
Scene 2: A Newscast
Scene 3: The Board Room
Scene 4: The Board Room
Scene 5: The Small Office
Scene 6: Another Newscast
Scene 7: The Board Room
Scene 8: Laura's Small Office
Scene 9: The Board Room