Mom's Gift

Mom's Gift

Mom's Gift

Mom's Gift

Overview

In this comedy with a heart, Mom has been dead for 11 months and shows up at her husband’s birthday party as a ghost with a mission. Like Clarence in It’s A Wonderful Life, she has to accomplish a task to earn her wings. Only what the task actually is is a mystery. There are so many things to fix. The problem is complicated by the fact that the only person who can hear or see Mom is her daughter, who has been ordered by the court to spend Dad’s birthday with him as part of her Anger Management Program. One by one, the family's secrets are peeled away, revealing a shocking truth that surprises even our ghost.

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Cautions

  • Caution Alcohol Alcohol

Details

  • Genre: Romantic Comedy
  • Time Period: Contemporary, Present Day
  • Cast Attributes: Reduced Casting (Doubling Possible)
  • Target Audience: Adult, Senior, Pre-Teen (Age 11-13), Teen (Age 14-18)

Authors

Phil Olson

Phil Olson grew up in Edina, Minnesota, home of the first indoor mall. His father’s grandparents came over from Norway and homesteaded a farm north of Fargo, North Dakota. His mother’s grandparents also came over from Norway and ended up in Virginia, Minnesota; the iron range ...

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