American Wee-Pie at Theatre 40 at The Reuben Cordova Theatre

F. Scott Fitzgerald was once quoted as saying that there are no second acts in American lives. He was so wrong. Zed, a textbook editor, returns to his small hometown in the Midwest, following the death of his mother, there to grieve with his sister, Pam. Death isn't the only thing that collapses people's lives. It's a recessionary moment in American history, and companies crumple along with people's means of livelihood. Zed doesn't lose his job. He walks away from it. Because, in his old hometown of all places, his life's second act begins. Following his bliss, he becomes an apprentice to a master cupcake chef. Then, one inspired day, Zed uses his good old American ingenuity to invent a new delicacy: the wee-pie, a cupcake inside a pie crust. His new creation will prove a blessing to everyone around him.