Nick is a single, Italian-American guy from New Jersey. His parents retired and moved to Florida. That doesn’t mean his family isn’t still in Jersey. In fact, he sees both sets of his grandparents every Sunday for dinner. This is routine until he has to tell them that he’s been offered a dream job. The job he’s been waiting for—marketing executive—would take him away from his beloved, but annoying, grandparents. He tells them. The news doesn’t sit so well. Thus begins a series of schemes to keep Nick around. How could he betray his family’s love to move to Seattle, for a job, wonder his grandparents? Well, Frank, Aida, Nunzio and Emma do their level best, and that includes bringing to dinner the lovely—and single—Caitlin O’Hare as bait….

PERFORMANCE DATES: February 1-24, 2001

CAST: Nick Cristano – Joe Walker, Frank Gianelli – Kyle Hager, Aida Gianelli – Connie Penick, Nunzio Cristano – Kelly Carroll, Emma Cirstano – Karen Carroll, Caitlin O’Hare – Jennifer Bell

CREW: Director – Christopher Pyle, Stage Manager – Julie Nelson, Light Design/Set Design – Ted Warshaw, Set Design – Don Steele and Jerad Busch

MENU: Pasta salad, lasagna, green salad, bread stick, tiramisu.  Catering provided by Linda Bethke, Andrea Bethke, Linda Owens, Kathy Morgan, Pete Bethke, Jerad Busch, Faye Trent, Milly White, Denis Ann Bamberger, Alan Stukenholtz, Carla Stukenholz, Sarah Simpson, Deb Aistrup, Claudia Pyle.

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