Overview
Best described as "Several Horton Foote characters in search of an exit
from a Sam Shepard play." The action of this "Texas tragicomedy" whirls
around one disastrous Memorial Day weekend at the Beckle cabin in the
Texas hill country. Aubrey, his four daughters, and Great Aunt Tammy
gather there for the first time since Mrs. Beckle's death. Nothing goes
right. Aunt Tammy is trapped in the bathroom. Daughter Cesca arrives
bearing scars from a new round with her abusive husband. Her sister
Pidge, on sudden leave from the group home for the emotionally disturbed
where she lives, shows up in Cesca's car with Cesca's chloroformed
husband locked in the trunk. The Beckles must pull together or the
family will self- destruct. When all is said and done, it is the Beckle
family's most alienated member who proves to be the one most invested in
her family's happiness.