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OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS is created by Joe DiPietro, author of the long-running hit, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change. Described as the Italian-American Neil Simon, DiPietro focuses the play on a young man's career decision and its humorous effects on his Italian-American family.

Nick is a single, Italian-American guy from New Jersey. His parents retired and moved to Florida. That doesn't mean his family isn't still in Jersey. In fact, he sees both sets of his grandparents every Sunday for dinner. This is routine until he has to tell them that he's been offered a dream job--the job he's been waiting for-but it would take him away from his beloved, but annoying, grandparents. The news doesn't sit so well, and thus begins a series of schemes to keep Nick around. How could he betray his family's love to move to Seattle for a job, wonder his grandparents? Well, Frank, Aida, Nunzio and Emma do their level best, and that includes bringing to dinner the lovely--and single--Caitlin O'Hare as bait….

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