Family Only at Theatre West

Will and Nicole have just bought their first home. It's s fixer-upper, but it's got three bedrooms and a swimming pool, and it's south of Ventura Blvd. in Sherman Oaks. They've worked hard for this. Will manages a sales crew for a company that sells bug-killing chemicals. Nicole works at a child day care center with her mother-in-law. Will and Nicole have no children as yet, but Nicky wants Will to start making a baby with her, and soon. Will and Nicky are throwing a housewarming party, but have invited only members of their own family (hence the title). There's Will's dad Walter, an idea man who never seemed to be able to break through and make the big bucks; Andrea, Will's half-sister, just divorced and facing the prospect of homelessness; her small daughter Chloe; Will's stepmother Brenda, who's had to put with a lot; and his blunt-talking grandmother Amanda. Will wants to share his pride and joy with his family. But instead of giving him validation, they're coming to him, the successful one, with their own needs. But this is a party, Can this family possibly extract the F-U-N from dysfunction and have a good time? What happens today will impact the family for a long time to come.