New York City
- open for business 247 Private equity fund manager Rick has just thrown a lavish engagement party
- the same week that his firm forced layoffs in a supermarket chain it owns causing a PR nightmare His business partner Seth jumps to the rescue with a publicity-friendly investment that will save an American company & promote job growth But Jenny
- the firm's third partner
- has other ideas She wants maximum returns no matter what the critics say Dry Powder is a razor-sharp comedy about the people who shape
- & skew
- the economy It was first performed at the Public Theater New York before its UK premiere at Hampstead Theatre in 2018 starring Hayley Atwell Aidan Mc Ardle & Tom Riley