Precious Sons

Fred Small has a chance for a promotion that would necessitate moving to another city. The youngest son the central character is caught between his desire to be an actor and his father's determination that he finish high school and go to college

Add mother, who has her own ideas about how the family should be run

"Contains an emotional force that approaches terror. . . . Is Bea the monster she seems? . . . Is Fred an insensitive hulk who deserves to have his dreams trampled by a wife he's unwittingly repressed? Where does love fit into all this?" ~ Newsweek

"Furth creates convincing people and he appreciates the timeless give and take of family life, its perilous candor and its resilience" ~ Time

"Wonderfully real characters. . . . A play about real things [with] honest emotions . . . couched in comedy" ~ WABC TV