Catherine lives with her father, a professor who is a legend at the University

of Chicago, but who has become sick in recent years. She is beginning to

consider that whilst she might share her father’s brilliance, she might also

have inherited the same illness. Then her bossy sister Claire returns home to

help “settle” the family’s affairs, and Hal – one of her father’s old students –

starts to poke around the house…

Both touching and comic, this enchanting play combines elements of mystery and

surprise with old-fashioned storytelling and is literally a back porch drama;

one that is as accessible and compelling as a whodunnit.