Birthday Boy

Birthday Boy

Birthday Boy

Birthday Boy

Overview

Matt returns from a break at work to the company lunch room, where he meets new employee Melora. A spark ignites almost immediately, but the blossoming friendship is still subject to life's realities of age, responsibility, and commitment. Meanwhile Matt's wife Arianne has plans for a celebratory evening at home that get interrupted by an unintentional spark of her own. Birthday Boy is about what happens when there's a sudden connection between two people that if pursued could interfere with a life that has been going along just fine; about the paths we choose to take and those we choose not to; the commitments we do honor, the worthwhile sacrifices we must make. In short, a celebration of the messy, imperfect, life that being a husband, a wife, a father, a mother, all entails in order to evolve into the grownups we're meant to be.

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Cautions

  • Caution Alcohol Alcohol
  • Caution Strong Language Strong Language
  • Caution Mild Adult Mild Adult Themes

Details

  • Time Period: Present Day
  • Cast Attributes: Ensemble cast
  • Target Audience: Adult

Authors

Chris Newbound

Chris Newbound received his MFA at Columbia in Fiction Writing. His short stories have appeared in Seventeen, Sassy, and other literary journals. The Birthday Boy has received staged readings at Main Street Stage in North Adams, Massachusetts, and in Nashua, New Hampshire, be ...
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