Easter Monday
by Hal Corley

Dramatic Comedy / 2m 1f / InteriorAn eccentric widower Mack has been a stay-at-home dad for twenty years his daily existence revolving around his son Billy.

Not only can't he let go Mack's convinced he's more needed than ever.

First up is pulling Billy from a dead-end copy shop job and enrollment in culinary school-after all he was a finalist in the Pillsbury Bake-off.

Then Mack discovers that Billy adopted from infancy has contacted his birthmother a Washington DC secretary about to make a first trip to New York City.

Panicky Mack spends a sleepless three days coaching his son determined to impress Adela with Billy's upbringing-and their indestructible father-son bond.

Over a snowy Easter weekend these three square off.

Confronting timid Adela Billy's romanticized ideas about his identity are turned inside out as Mack's deepest insecurities surface.

Mack is convinced the woman will psychologically lay claim to the child she gave up two decades earlier.

Yet for Adela a lasting reconnection with the boy couldn't be further from her mind.

With abundant humor Easter Monday addresses what it means to be a parent and to be parented illuminating both the pain and joy in finally saying goodbye to childhood."....An interesting examination of an unusual father-son relationship...

The Sondheim lyrics 'stay a child while you can be a child' are embodied in Mack the overprotective father.

In his eagerness to keep his adopted son Billy with him Mack has in essence tried to keep him a child.

He creates a wonderful world of nostalgia that is very moving...

Easter Monday holds our interest and Corley has written some beautifully evocative lines ...

" -Connie Meng NPR RadioCharacter Descriptions:MACK: 55-ish; a radically sentimental unapologetic Pollyanna; unselfconscious devoid of vanity he's alternately tender prickly impatient cuddly bullying at times fiercely defensive and aggressively paternal

BILLY: Mack's son 20; attractively boyish yet preternaturally world-weary; gentle introspective and cautious he has developed a short fuse and though desperate to avoid confrontation he can turn combative.

ADELA: Billy's birthmother; 35; unprepossessing plain-spoken and intensely focused on whatever meager task is at hand; though decidedly meek she's capable of standing up for the truth - and herself

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