The Cast

SUSAN COURTAD can be found playing any number of roles during her performances, including:

GOOD MAMA/BAD MAMA - A mother attempting to nurture, teach, and discipline her children with a smile, or at least minimal yelling. Recently opened college education funds and therapy savings accounts for each child. Sometimes finds herself hiding in her closet, but always loves a good laugh and hugs from her kids.

LOVE GODDESS-IN-TRAINING - The hopeless romantic with a feisty, feminist edge who aspires to be more than a Take-a-Tylenol-and-Wonder-Why-the-Hell-Dating-Hasn’t-Improved-in-20-Years kind of woman. Likes her alone time and herself, but darned if she doesn’t keep jumping into the murky waters of online dating, speed dating, and blind dates. We didn’t say she was smart.

NIGHT WRITER - A woman with a passion for creating characters and lives more interesting than her own, especially when fueled by excessive amounts of caffeine during the hours in which she should be sleeping. Writes humor essays (her first two published last fall!) and often forgets that blogging about her life is a sure way to embarrass her kids forever. Expects to soon be fending off literary agents vying to represent her first novel…at least that’s what she says.

HOME WRECKER - Incredibly thickheaded, this character likes to decorate and try DIY projects around the house without having the appropriate skills or comprehending what those poorly-drawn instructional diagrams really mean. Regularly deludes herself into thinking there are things like “controlled painting” without a drop cloth, or that she can find the center of anything by eyeballing the space.

Performances often include special appearances by:

DRAMA GIRL- The sensitive daughter with a creative spirit and penchant for all things pink and purple, Hannah Montana, High School Musical 2, the triumph of good over evil and happy endings. Tends to perform with high-pitched shrieks, wild dance moves, operatic songs and cheers. Her mother is convinced that the teenage years will be a piece of cake. Really.

T-REX - The goofy, lovable son who is convinced that living in the prehistoric age must have been way cooler than modern day - except for the no Happy Meals, Oreos, Pokemon, his blanket or the verbal and cognitive abilities to tell knock-knock jokes. Often uses phrases he learns from other young dinosaurs like “Uh-huh, uh-huh, shake your booty” or “Awesome, dude!”

THE EX - Her Ex-Husband. Duh.