Hilarious yet tender, this coming-of-age story focuses on narrator and central character Frank, opening the play using food-as-metaphor in recounting his immigrant parents’ journey from Sicily to Brooklyn. Young Frank and siblings Phil and Jennie are unfortunate witnesses to the volatile relationship between their overworked father Gaspare and domineering mother Maria. Years of volatility in her explosive marriage, plus the struggle of finding footing in a new country, take a mental-emotional toll on Maria. In the summer of 1966, she returns to Sicily with 7 year-old Frank in tow. There, Frank is exposed to the land’s rustic culture. He meets his colorful relatives, experiences death for the first time plus the histrionics that ensue, all leave an indelible imprint on his young psyche. Back in Brooklyn, Frank quickly becomes the buffer, nimbly maneuvering between his warring parents. Now, wanting to claim his own manhood and identity, he dances through the disco era eventually landing in a laugh-out-loud visit to a Nevada brothel. After his father’s sudden death, Maria takes emotional stranglehold of Frank’s life. He learns release the “husband role”, finally creating a healthy mother-son relationship. Frank eventually meets Teresa, also a child of Sicilian parents. They marry and honeymoon in Sicily where, after 29 years, Frank reconnects with his family. Compassion and forgiveness ultimately bring healing to his parents’ story.