Cube News 1 is a bi-weekly comic video about surviving life in the corporate cubicle. From Cube News Central, her cubicle, Kim, a high-spirited cube worker, does these two to five minute 'cube-casts' covering such topics as “Feeling Postal”, coping with office rage, “Chair Butt”, the peril of sedentary work, and “Cube De-Coder”, deciphering corporate gibberish.
A recent addition is the spin-off The Adventures of Cubegirl (Cubegirl), a cubicle worker by day but super-hero when needed, who collates faster than a copy machine, and is saving the world, one cubicle at a time. This serial follows the exploits of our intrepid heroine, impeded only by her weakness from gypsum dust, as she rescues coworkers from various forms of corporate abuse. These five to seven minute videos of Kim's alter ego are done on a broader scale than Cube News 1, with various sets, supporting cast, special effects, and, of course, the occasional elaborate sword play.
The history of the show is the history of the collaborative team of Kim Waldauer and Robert Christophe who come to podcasting with credentials from the old old medium, stage. Kim, actress comedienne, producer, director, author and Christophe, actor, author, mime, director, producer, cinematographer met while working at the Brick Playhouse in Philadelphia, shortly after Kim received her BFA from the University of The Arts.
There they created a number of plays. Christophe received several Barrymore awards for his efforts from the Theater Alliance of Greater Philadelphia, the highest award Philadelphia has to offer.
This critical and audience acclaim led them to found the production company Red Road Productions (now defunct), which gave Kim the opportunity to further her directing skills. Their productions ran in Philadelphia and New York and toured colleges and schools along the Mid-Atlantic region.
Wanting to create something more lasting, they moved to LA in 2001 where they did the usual things...
