Setting: Marshael Foster's house and yard in Canton, Mississippi.

Story: The family of Jamey Foster has gathered for his wake. He was kicked in the head by a cow while enjoying the company of his mistress in a pasture. The mourners include Jamey's estranged wife; her sister and brother, and the brother's fey girlfriend; Jamey's upwardly mobile brother and his oppressively doting wife; and an eccentric family friend who raises pigs. They all seem to agree on one point: none of them really liked the deceased very much. But on most other matters they are far apart, and as old enmities flare up the play explodes with bizarre humor and zany revelations. In the end a tenuous truce is reached as those assembled prepare to depart for the final rites--but it is abundantly clear that the lives on which Jamey had a baleful effect in his lifetime may well be changed for the better by his untimely demise.

Sisters-in-law

Little Orphan Pixrose

Boy talk

From L-R: 1 stiff (off stage), 2 siblings, 1 stare

See Brocker woo!

Family matters

The cast