...Work in progress   Agent: Buddy Thomas

Kemper's grandmother, Muddy, runs away from her home and her husband on Cape Cod after a disastrous family Thanksgiving. She arrives at Kemper's country home to discover that Kemper, her favorite relative, is planning to leave the country.

A recent breakup, the results of election 2004 and the war have pushed Kemper over the edge. Muddy however is a resolute American and is furious with her beloved grandson for even considering the unthinkable. Kemper never felt at home in America - and he - with a small group of like-minded citizens, is making an exodus to Ireland. It is a reverse migration since Muddy's mother left Ireland to come to America at the turn of the 20th century.

Kenneth, Kemper's father - Muddy's son - arrives to usher his mother back to the Cape and to her husband. Rather than dealing with her marital crisis she enlists her son, a Vietnam vet, to help convince Kemper to stay in America.

Muddy reveals family secrets as Kenneth accuses her of doing to the family exactly what Kemper is about to do to his country.

Secrets, lost loves, strained loyalties - all contribute to the sparks that fly as Kemper insists that another country is his destiny.

Expatriate received a reading at the Studio theatre in New York City on February 20, 21, 22 - 2007 - with Bill Fairbairn, Wayne Maugans and - Rosemary Murphy.