This quick, witty, and on-the-nose short piece gave me flashbacks to my first meeting with my partner's family at Christmas: the table laden with strange foods, the games, the inside stories and misunderstood connections. It was only a little later that my partner had the same fish-out-of-water feelings when he met my family. Hilary Bluestein-Lyons gets it so right, and even though I know not-THAT Steve Martin, I think anyone will get the connection, banjo or not.

Even though I like what’s on the menu for this post holiday get together, I can easily identify with Theodore being the outsider. The inside jokes, everyone talking at once and over each other and not really listening to the new guy. Hilary Bluestein-Lyons keeps the pace moving in this clever piece. Four great characters that will have audiences nodding in recognition.

Poor Theodore doesn't stand a chance with the self-absorbed group of old friends into which he has been thrust. This is a sharp and witty portrait of a man isolated by the narcissism of his companions. And the image of having to plow through piles of "comfort food," makes Theodore's dilemma all the more delicious.