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All Michael wanted to do was learn how to create an Excel spreadsheet.Unfortunately, the office worker failed to get answers from his manager or the senior managers above him. A trip further up the corporate ladder revealed a startling truth: No one knew how to use the software.That scenario didn’t happen at a Fortune 500 company, but onstage at the Chicago Dramatists theater in West Town. Titled “Offices Etc.,” the absurdist comedy poking fun at corporate culture wasn’t written by a disgruntled office drone, but a Chicago high school student, Clark Tavas.The piece is part of Pegasus Theatre Chicago’s 39th Young Playwrights Festival this month, which showcases four one-act productions penned by teens but directed, designed and performed by professionals. Attendees can see the shows during matinee and evening performances Jan. 23-24.Through partnerships with Chicago Public Schools, the program teaches students playwriting techniques and exposes them to a career path in theater. Professional playwrights are placed in classrooms, and students submit scripts to be considered for the festival. This year’s selections were narrowed down from about 300 submissions. Pegasus Theatre Chicago’s Young Playwrights Festivals features one-act plays by Chicago teens. Top row (from left): Sophia Ponce and Ashley Snyder. Bottom row (from left): Clark Tavas and Lola Zimmerman.Joe Gallagher The chosen playwrights’ stories feature a host of colorful characters, including customers trapped in a store during a blizzard, a trio of sisters who cast an ancient spell and two strangers conversing before the world ends. Ultimately, they present topics that are top of mind for young people: workplace dynamics, family, friendship and grief.“Sometimes they’re inspired by content that they’re working on in their classrooms,” said ILesa Duncan, executive and producing director at Pegasus Theatre Chicago. “But they could also be mining things about their own families or neighborhoods or communities. … I’m always amazed at what they think to write about.”A recent graduate of Lane Tech College Prep High School, Tavas, 19, said his play was inspired by the corporate workers he met while playing golf in the summer at Chicago’s public courses.“My dad would drop me off at 9 a.m. and I would play until 6 p.m. and just talk to so many different people along the way,” said Tavas, who grew up in Lincoln Park and now studies finance at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.Tavas’ story sends the message that it’s OK to lighten up. Kianna Rose (left) and Peter Stielstra perform in “Offices, Etc.,” Clark Tavas’ comedy poking fun at corporate culture. Oomphotography “Some things just don't matter,” he said. “You don’t have to be so rigid. If something doesn’t work or you can’t figure something out, just be OK with the chaos of it, or be able to laugh at things that may not immediately seem funny to you. Just have that ability to meander through life in a happier and carefree way.”Watching industry professionals develop his play was an invaluable experience, Tavas said.“There are so many little things that aren’t necessarily in the writing, like these directorial nuances or cues that they add,” he said. “All the things that these professional actors and directors added just magnified what I had imagined by so much.”Young playwright Lola Zimmerman had a similar experience while watching her play, “A Question,” come to life.The Senn High School junior was especially excited to go to a design meeting and interact with lighting professionals, costumers and painters.“It was so wonderful to see people taking so much care with this thing that I had written,” said Zimmerman, 17, of Mayfair.She described seeing her play on opening night as an “out-of-body experience.”“It felt so fulfilling,” she said. Diego Rivera-Rodriguez (left) and Shelby Marie Edwards act in “A Question,” a 10-minute play by Senn High School junior Lola Zimmerman. Oomphotography The 10-minute production follows…