Lineage challenges stereotypes as it confronts issues of race, adoption, religion, heredity and the often mistaken or disappointed expectations we have of one another. Jess and Greg want to adopt La Tonya’s baby. La Tonya wants to be a good Christian. La Tonya’s estranged son wants a second chance after his three strikes and Greg’s teen daughter wants everyone to leave her the fuck alone. After a drunken brawl, car accident, failed adoption and possible death, coupled with fantastical sequences involving luminaries such as Victor Frankl, Joan Crawford, L’il Abner and Jesus himself, Jess and the others begin to bury old wounds and redefine their concept of ‘family.’ With strong roles for women and POC, Lineage is a sharply insightful play that is both tender and surprisingly funny.