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'HOME-STYLE COOKING' hits the spot as Philip Middleton Williams brings us to Small Town, USA. The contrast between trusting your neighbor and easily served lies are flipped on their heads where you don't know who is telling the truth. This would bring a daily special to any festival - because it's a spot on take of America today.

Who's lying, who's telling the truth, who's pulling the others' legs, you can never be sure in this deceptively simple short piece for eight players by Philip Williams. In this clever microcosm of small-town America in the time of Trump, there isn't a single statement by any character you can wholly trust, down to actor Tim's "better than Spago" assessment of the endlessly leftover meatloaf. Just don't spell cafe like them French fellers do, like café.

Mr. Williams serves up his usual warm home-style writing with the jarring zing of an ever so up-to-date twist.

What starts out as a small town slice of life takes a surprising and satisfying turn when a special visitor shows up. With a delightful cast of characters, Williams tackles national issues through a small town lens, proving the adage that politics is personal. And now I would absolutely kill for coffee and a sweet roll!

Two axioms come to the fore in this sharply satiric, fun piece from Williams: Never assume, and don’t judge a book by its cover. But definitely get the meatloaf; word on the street is it’s better than Spago.

Things aren't what they seem, and thank God for that in Philip Middleton William's enlightened Cafe (no mark over the accent, thank you). A look at rhetoric on the menu, this short piece turns on a dime when a man on the wrong side of a political discussion lets us in on his true politics and the idea behind his stance on the issues. Couldn't be more timely in this climate. Order up a slice of this one.