When four college friends, now in their sixties, discover that one of them has been “gifted” with an abandoned baby, they try to figure out what’s next; for the mother, for the baby, and for the four of them. Through their research, the ladies discover that the child (still with no name) could be adopted, even by women of their age, but that adoption agencies are more likely to grant adoption to married couples. They decide that two of them will get married in order to remove that obstacle. The dream sequence “dating game” scene allows for the choice to be made. The wedding is performed on stage and we watch, as the 4-week-old baby receives her name in the last scene.
Utilizing the often ignored “older woman” demographic, the play examines the themes of lasting friendships, older female empowerment and the current adoption system. It is a character-driven comedy with some bawdy language and an interesting twist at the end.