The Moons Of Alnyron

In this mysterious and unpredictable play about space, young scientist Francis Webb is confronted by his employer for falling behind in his work. Embarrassed and apologetic, Francis explains that he has become obsessed with his research on the planet Alnyron and its three moons. He is sent to an elderly, asthmatic psychiatrist, Grace Stafford. To her horror, he arrives at her office with countless boxes overflowing with papers and files documenting everything from unique geology to extraterrestrial poetry. He describes strange peoples and odd colored sunsets and gives lectures on alien holidays and moon colonists. Undaunted, Dr. Stafford attempts to unravel his intricate, deep space world with unexpected results.

The Hughes family moves to Butterfield and begins to choose friends. Mr. Hughes is there on business. Mrs. Hughes has social ambitions. Oldest daughter Mildred fancies herself in love with the snooty son of a bank president. Studious daughter Jean flings off her glasses and becomes the life of the party. Dapper Teddy gets into a merry mix up juggling four dates at once. And daughter Amy falls in love for the first time. But the whole family is in for a hard awakening. They all become aware of the serious implications of what had seemed very funny and make wise readjustments to one another and to life.

In this sidesplitting and thought-provoking new comedy, Leon and Bill concoct a list of attributes of the ideal woman, but when this allegedly ideal woman arrives on the scene, the men quickly learn that their list could use a few revisions.

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