Affluence at Theatre 40 at The Reuben Cordova Theatre

Affluence is a pitch-dark comedy that may cause one to reflect on the true meaning of wealth. The fortunes of the once-wealthy Woodley family have been savaged by the most-recent Great Recession. Grandma, however, is dying and will leave her kin a bundle. But (and there's always a but), thanks to a quirk in the estate tax laws, the Woodleys stand to gain even more millions from Grandma if she dies before Midnight on New Year's Eve: Enough millions, in fact, not only to erase their debts, but also to return them to financial abundance. Will Grandma simplify things by cooperatively dying before the stroke of twelve? If she is still clinging to life as the hour of twelve approaches, might someone in the Woodley household be motivated to give her a shove over the edge into the Abyss? Grandma is terminal, after all. But such an assist would in fact be murder, wouldn't it?