Synopsis

Things My Mother Taught Me

Things My Mother Taught Me $10.99

Katherine DiSavino

Published by Samuel French Inc

3 Male 4 Female

Olivia and Gabe are moving into their first apartment together - they've just packed up all of their belongings and driven halfway across the country, to start a new life together in Chicago

But their moving day doesn't go exactly as planned and things become slightly more complicated when all of their parents show up to help!

Can a two bedroom apartment contain all of the love, laughs, worry and wisdom that's about to happen?

This new comedy from the author of Nana's Naughty Knickers takes a generational look at relationships, and how sometimes parents are passing their best lessons on to their children without even meaning to

Funny and touching, this one will make you laugh out loud and fall in love all over again

Characters - M3,F3 + M1 or F1

OLIVIA KEEGAN - ­ late 20s; energetic; neat; slightly OCD; an architect

KAREN KEEGAN - late 50s-60s; Olivia's mother

CARTER KEEGAN ­ - 60s; Olivia's father

GABE LAWSON ­ - late 20s; a writer; good-natured

LYDIA LAWSON - late 50s-60s; Gabe's mother

WYATT LAWSON - 60s; Gabe's father

MAX MIROWSKI - late 50s; Polish accent; building super; may be played by a man or woman

"Things My Mother Taught Me is superbly written... a wonderful, sentimental, true-to-life comedy about love and family, guaranteed to leave young and old with knowing smiles, because we've all had mothers of our own" ~ Intelligencer Journal

"Expect to fall head over heels for Things, a show with heart and humor ... It is, quite simply, loveable" ~ Lancaster Sunday News

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