Overview

A play about growing up in our "have and have-not" society, and discovering what "family" really is. Though Angie, an adolescent, lives in a wealthy town, she is poor. Deserted at birth by her mother, her father killed in War, she lives in a trailer with her ailing but loving grandma. Though a gifted athlete, Angie's afraid to compete at her preppie school, feeling she's "trailer trash." While terrified a disliked aunt will soon take her away to live with her and put Grandma in a facility, Angie meets a boy, Theo, at school. Brilliant, wealthy, but an awkward loner, Theo's parents have no time for him and schoolmates taunt him, his only friends being his computer and his bird. Finally, as Angie and Theo form a unique bond as soulmates, they gain the courage to begin their journeys toward adulthood...resolving family problems, and taking actions to utilize their talents at school.