“Bob-O”, a high school teacher with the spine of a jellyfish, returns to Normal, Illinois to find that nothing is normal after the sudden passing of his mother, Mariam O’Kineski. Forced to face the responsibilities of planning her funeral, he must navigate the Vietnam vet angling for Mariam’s corner apartment and the building manager angling for a wedding ring. The aging flower child across the hall is hell-bent to steamroll the funeral plans (which may or may not include the funeral director’s taco truck, the Rolly Guacamole), but when Mariam’s boss arrives, everything Bob-O thought he knew about his mother quickly unravels.
Cast:
BOB O’KINESKI (Male, mid-50s) Never married high school teacher. His spirit animal is a jellyfish.
ARNE JORDAN (Older male) Vietnam vet who believes personal boundaries are for pansies.
MONICA GIBSON (Female, 40's) Apartment building manager who clings to her Brides Magazines.
THELMA GOODWIN (Older female) A neighbor. The late 60's in San Francisco were a good and bad thing for her.
STAFFORD MILLER (Male) Discount funeral director who also operates a food truck.
DANIELLE MERCEDES (Flexible*) Mariam's elegant boss who is full of surprises.
* Cast as a male who can convincingly play a woman or with a woman who can convincingly play a man.
MARIAM O’KINESKI Bob's mother and dead from the get go.