Brendan Patrick Hughes

A dark, dark comedy of manners, set on a rainy evening at the swanky country home of Pierre and Emily, who have invited installation artist Darlene and Ricky, a local furniture designer and builder, to dinner. Each character has an agenda that is ultimately thwarted. Based on the original play by Brenda Withers.

Georg is an Austrian retiree whose mother witnessed the crash of an Allied B-17 near their home during World War II. When he takes up metal detecting to find the wreckage, a growing fascination leads him to embark on a heartfelt mission, not only to research the backgrounds of the American crewmembers who parachuted off the plane into enemy territory, but to locate their descendants, to bring them to his Austrian town on the 75th anniversary of the crash, to introduce them to the townspeople who helped their fathers, and to unite his town in remembrance. It’s a story of empathy, resilience, and the enduring power of human connection.

Sometimes winning at all costs means hurt feelings, hurt eyeballs, and hurt careers.