PORK ROLL, EGG & CHEESE

Someone is stealing the bread and baked goods deliveries from the Garden State Breakfast Shop before it opens up. and that is only the beginning of the Tomaso Families new problems.  Jimmy Tomaso and his three daughters run a sandwich shop on the Jersey Shore.  Jimmy is a "dinosaur" now in this #Me-too world and is constantly being corrected by his 3 daughters on how to talk correctly "in mixed company" as his livelihood is threatened when and Indian woman and her son open a breakfast shop across the street from the family business.  The three daughters have their issues too!  One, is trying to catch their Bakery Bandit, the other has a new boyfriend, who happens to be the Indian son of the new competitor across the street and the oldest is in love and having an affair with Jimmy's best, black friend Eddie.  Jimmy cannot handle the fact that after thirty years of serving breakfast to the community that another business will open that also sells breakfast to the beach going crowd.  The girls have to deal with their father while trying to grow and fulfill their dreams, but dad is having a hard time with the new relationships and the new competition.  Jimmy constantly refers to the new Indian family across the street as "DOTS" and makes several unacceptable comments that are cut off by his daughters, but it isn't until his best friend, Eddie, a black man, explains, "No, you really are a racist, you just don't realize what you are saying!"  Eddie then educates Jimmy on being a better man in the Twenty-First Century.  In the end, Jimmy makes the changes and accepts his daughters new romances with men of color, deals with the homeless woman former teacher who has been stealing the baked goods to survive and Jimmy ends up schooling the Indian Woman/Chef from across the street what Pork Roll, Egg & Cheese is all about!  Jimmy becomes a 21st Century Man with a new outlook on the world and an elevated consciousness in diversity and fairness.

Cast: 
JIMMY TOMASO: 60 - 70 years old, White, Male, Owner of a sandwich shop on the Jersey Shore. A dinosaur of a man in changing times. Widower and father of three daughters. Jimmy is the chef and owner of the place that has been operating for years. Jimmy is a very competitive business man. CARRIE TOMASO: 18-19, White, Female, Jimmy's youngest daughter, aggressive, very smart, a "wisecracker" that goes to college for law when she is not working in the sandwich shop. ANNA MARIA TOMASO: 33-34, White, Female, Jimmy's middle daughter, tough, opinionated, smart and working as a waitress in the family business with plans of making more out of her life. VALENTINA "VAL" TOMASO: 43-44, White, Female, Jimmy's oldest daughter, hard working, loyal, family oriented, but still trying to figure out who she is while working in the family business. Most likely to take over the family restaurant, if Jimmy should ever retire. EDDIE BOYD: 55-60, Black, Male, a good guy and Jimmy's best friend. He's totally in love with Val, but is just waiting to make his move. SAPNA PATEL: 50-60, Indian, Female, a Chef that came to this country to study medicine, but fell in love with creating food. She's a hardworking, tough, single mom that lost her husband early in their marriage. MILAN PATEL: 30-35, Indian, Male, Sapna's son. He is in love with Anna Maria, but is learning how to navigate a romance with a tough "Jersey Girl". Milan is a smart, business man with little to no experience in love. MARY LAUVER - 65-70, White, Female, A retired first grade teacher with problems that have caused her to become homeless, living on the streets and trying to survive by stealing baker deliveries from the back doors of local businesses.
Authors: 
Tom Cavanaugh