Fired!

After being fired from a play by Woody Allen, actress Annabelle Gurwitch turned a humiliating moment into a specialty: she wrote a book exploring the near universal experience of getting sacked, and adapted it into a long-running theatrical performance piece. Now, with filmmakers Chris Bradley and Kyle Labrache, and help from Fred Willard, Tim Allen and Illeana Douglas, Gurwitch employs humor and empathy as she considers downsizing and the shrinking American workforce. “Generous-spirited, often funny and occasionally striking” — Salon.