Determined to win the presidential nominee of the New Know Nothing Political Party (“NewKnowNos”), George Fallseasy has to hide certain “truths” about his family.

His all-American daughter, Suzy, and the family’s permanent houseguest, Jeremiah Braggart, “the High Priest of the Church of Perpetual Prosperity,” are positives who would impress Mr. Frank Chaloner, President of the NewNoKnows.

However, there are certain “necessary untruths” about his family, George has to hide: a gay son, Edward, banished from the household by the sanctimonious Jeremiah; and George’s father-in- law, Grandpa, who struts around the house in his pajamas misquoting Shakespeare. Moreover, everyone, excluding George, hates Jeremiah and the mesmerizing influence he has upon George.

Add to this George’s secret desire to have his daughter, who loves Michael, marry Jeremiah, twenty years her senior, and things do not bode well for George’s chances of presenting a loving, all-American family.

With thanks to Moliere's "Tartuffe."