Lanford Wilson's play is a portrait of two suburban American couples exploring the destruction of their dreams and the loss of passion and purpose. The play centres on Carl and Alex, friends since college, who are struggling to deal with the harsh realities of adulthood as they enter their 30s. Disillusioned by work and struggling to keep their marriages alive, they are desperately trying to make sense of it all.

Lanford Wilson, a leading US playwright considered by many to be one of the founding fathers of the Off-off Broadway. Winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1980, Wilson is a leading figure in American literature and drama exemplified by his 2001 election to the US Theatre Hall of Fame.