A fast-paced slapstick comedy about Lily and Joseph. Logline: What follows is ten chaotic days of clashing families, wedding disasters, romance, physical comedy, and increasingly absurd attempts to save Joseph from deportation.
5 roles
A good- natured, goofy guy who wants to be a history professor. Born in Guyana, he grew up in Brooklyn and aged-out of his family’s green card application. His parents and younger sibling received green cards, he did not. He has stayed in the country by remaining in school, but he has taken so long to finish his doctoral dissertation that his student visa has long expired. Unbeknownst to him, his OPT has expired as well.
Lily’s father. Don is eccentric, stuck in his ways, easily angered, and very proud of his Polish Heritage.
Joseph’s father. Roger is easy-going with a shady past. He enjoys gambling, much to the displeasure of his wife.
Joseph’s mother. Rosaline is deeply religious and uses the Bible to structure her entire life. She is always on Roger’s case about something he did.
Lily’s loveable and weird older sister who dresses as a different character every week. Her personality swings with her clothes. Due to a rare split- personality disorder, she truly believes she is the people she dresses as.
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