Sons That Wear Dresses and Mothers That Love Sweet Potatoes by Gage Tarlton
When Malcolm returns home to Durham, NC for Thanksgiving, he soon discovers his mother, Lillian, is moving out of their bookshop home, where he and his sister, Chandra, grew up. New apartments are being built in its place. Across the street, twenty-somethings Toby and Shay run on treadmills at Planet Fitness. They’re not real friends – just gym friends. When their worlds collide at the local gay club, they’re taken on a journey that alters their relationship to their community, to each other, and to themselves. A play about gentrification, the price of love, and learning to move forward.