The American Dream

A married couple lives with their elderly mother in a house where nothing is quite as it seems. On one particular day two visitors arrive and begin to unsettle the household. The family is made up of a domineering wife, a meek husband and a sharp, witty grandmother who watches it all with dry amusement. A neighbour calls, and the conversation grows strange and tense. The grandmother quickly senses that something has been arranged, and she has her own reasons for wanting to be part of what happens next. This short play is a sharp satire of ordinary domestic life and of the expectations that hold a family together.