This play examines the injustices perpetrated by the upper class of America, the inherent ignorance and damage caused to the lower classes by our richest citizens. “Dry Powder” follows a private equity firm as they begin their routine inheritance and gutting of a small-time luggage company.

This play largely serves as an allegory for the ruthless nature of the 1% on their never-ending quest for, as Burgess delicately states in the play, “Making the most. Money. Possible”.