The latest offering to hit the stage is "Deliver Us From Mama," a comedy that promises to have audiences revving with laughter. It's a classic race against time as Walker Sprunt, played by every stressed husband, scrambles to witness the birth of his first child. But as fate or just plain bad luck would have it, Walker's in the trenches of family chaos in L.A. while his wife Hayley goes into labor in Alabama—a plight complicated by a freshly initiated air traffic controllers' strike.
Walker's predicament, as reported by the City of Garland, becomes a full-blown spectacle when "Family Road Trip!" is declared by his mother, a harbinger of disaster if there ever was one. With planes grounded, Walker's fear isn't unfounded as he knows all too well the mayhem that accompanies his mother and sister Savannah's 'help.'
Diving headfirst into what can only be described as a comedy of errors, the family encounters every possible obstacle. From aliens in Roswell to an impromptu wedding in the Midwest and a lightning-speed chase through Texas' sprawling expanses, Walker's journey is anything but smooth. Their exploits include surviving a wild ride on a daiquiri barge and navigating the chaos of a New Orleans Mardi Gras night court; nonetheless, they press on with a singular, if reckless determination.
The dynamic on-stage is kept at a boiling point by the relentless ticking clock and the innate drive to be present for life's pivotal moments—no matter what stands in the way. Trying to escape a high-speed police chase across Texas, they also manage to survive the party barges' tumultuous journey. As the show unfolds, the audience is taken on a relentless ride that is described as "a flat-out-funny" by the City of Garland, that will get your motors racing as it delivers miles of smiles and loads of laughs.
