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The story follows a Baker and his wife, who wish to have a child;  Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King's Festival; and Jack, who  wishes his cow would give milk. When the Baker and his wife learn that  they cannot have a child because of a Witch's curse, the two set off on a  journey to break the curse. Everyone's wish is granted, but the  consequences of their actions return to haunt them later with disastrous  results.

Have you ever been tempted to flee your own life? Becky Foster is caught  in middle age, middle management and in a middling marriage—with no  prospects for change on the horizon. Then one night a socially inept and  grief-struck millionaire stumbles into the car dealership where Becky  works. Becky is offered nothing short of a new life…and the audience is  offered a chance to ride shotgun in a way that most plays wouldn’t dare.  BECKY’S NEW CAR is a thoroughly original comedy with serious overtones,  a devious and delightful romp down the road not taken.

In this riotously funny Southern-fried comedy, the three Verdeen  cousins—Gaynelle, Peaches, and Jimmie Wyvette—could not have picked a  worse time to throw their family reunion. Their outrageous antics have  delighted local gossips in the small town of Sweetgum (just down the  road from Fayro) and the eyes of Texas are upon them, as their  self-righteous Aunt LaMerle is quick to point out. Having “accidentally”  crashed her minivan through the bedroom wall of her husband’s  girlfriend’s doublewide, Gaynelle is one frazzled nerve away from a  spectacular meltdown. Peaches, a saucy firebrand and the number one  mortuarial cosmetologist in the tri-county area, is struggling to decide  if it’s time to have her long-absent trucker husband declared dead. And  Jimmie Wyvette, the rough-around-the-edges store manager of Whatley’s  Western Wear, is resorting to extreme measures to outmaneuver a  priss-pot neighbor for the affections of Sweetgum’s newest widower. But  the cousins can’t back out of the reunion now. It’s on, Gaynelle’s  hosting it, and Peaches and Jimmie Wyvette have decided that its success  is the perfect way to prove Gaynelle’s sanity to a skeptical  court-appointed psychologist. Unfortunately, they face an uphill battle  as a parade of wildly eccentric Verdeens gathers on the hottest day of  July, smack-dab in the middle of Texas tornado season. Things spin  hilariously out of control when a neighbor’s pet devours everything  edible, a one-eyed suitor shows up to declare his love, and a  jaw-dropping high-stakes wager is made on who bakes the best red velvet  cake. As this fast-paced romp barrels toward its uproarious climax,  you’ll wish your own family reunions were this much fun!

The scene is a fishing lodge in rural Georgia often visited by “Froggy”  LeSueur, a British demolition expert who occasionally runs training  sessions at a nearby army base. This time “Froggy” has brought along a  friend, a pathologically shy young man named Charlie who is overcome  with fear at the thought of making conversation with strangers. So  “Froggy,” before departing, tells all assembled that Charlie is from an  exotic foreign country and speaks no English. Once alone the fun really  begins, as Charlie overhears more than he should—the evil plans of a  sinister, two-faced minister and his redneck associate; the fact that  the minister’s pretty fiancée is pregnant; and many other damaging  revelations made with the thought that Charlie doesn’t understand a word  being said. That he does fuels the nonstop hilarity of the play and  sets up the wildly funny climax in which things go uproariously awry for  the “bad guys,” and the “good guys” emerge triumphant.