Synopsis

Love and Happiness ...

Love and Happiness ... $13

Julian Sheppard

Published by Dramatists Play Service

4 Male 2 Female

Allen's happily underachieving life is changed forever when Margaret, his divorced mother, brings home a new man, Clark

Clark sure likes Margaret and thinks Allen is cool just for being sixteen

But Allen cannot come to grips with the fact that Clark exists and so launches an all-out assault to rid himself of the interloper, at the same time feverishly attempting to reunite his estranged parents

As Allen struggles mightily to come of age and negotiate the limits of loving his mother, he loses his virginity to his girlfriend, then loses her to his best friend, and his mother to her boyfriend

When all else fails, Allen resorts to violence, stealing a gun and even firing it at Clark

But even this backfires on him, as the gun proves to be a water pistol, and though Clark is knocked down for a while, he recovers. But through his chaotic and desperate actions, Allen and his mother grow closer than ever, and he is able to see for the first time the true meaning of family in today's fractured world

In the end,Allen realizes how much he is loved and is able to move forward in his life, happy in a nuclear family for the twenty-first century

A fast-paced comedy with something for the whole family and with a little extra for fans of Arthur Murray, Leibniz and the NRA

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