A Day Late and A Dollar Short
Based on a Terry McMillan novel, A stage adaptation about a family drama centered around Viola
may not have much time left. Concerned about her four adult children, Viola decides that she must bring her deeply divided family back together before it is too late.
Each of Viola’s children—Paris, Lewis, Charlotte, and Janelle—is struggling with personal problems, difficult relationships, and unresolved issues from the past. Although they love one another, years of resentment, misunderstandings, and family secrets have created distance between them. As Viola’s condition worsens, the family is forced to confront the problems they have spent years avoiding. Through arguments, memories, humor, heartbreak, and moments of honesty, the Price family gradually begins to understand how their past has shaped their lives. Viola’s illness becomes the catalyst that forces her children to reconsider their relationships with one another and with their mother
