
This fun and quirky satirical play was produced by the brother and daughter team that is well-known for humor. The main character, Sister Elizabeth Donderstock, is Sqeamish, which is a religious order. The order (both nuns and priests) lives in the community of Clusterhaven, which survives primarily on the successful sales of its cheese balls. Liz is the originator of the recipe, and she is feeling less than respected when she is constantly looked over for various assignments by the head of the order. As a result, she decides to leave.
Once on her own, she befriends a nice Ukrainian couple, who ironically have a Cockney accent. They are more than happy to help her out in getting settled in. Before long she finds herself with a successful job waiting tables at a nearby family restaurant called Plymouth Crock. While the restaurant works well, the staff contingent seems to be totally made up of recovering alcoholics. When the manager is offered a promotion to regional manager, he turns to Liz as a replacement because of how well she does her job. The problem is that she is a heavy sweater, which is disconcerting for many customers. She is going to have to have surgery to correct things if Liz is going to take the job.
Clusterhaven is now struggling to make ends meet. While Liz kindly left them the recipe so they could continue with their cheese ball business, the recipe doesn't seem to be quite working. Try as they might, the nuns and priests can't seem to get the taste right. The failure is endangering the survival of the community since they can no longer bring in the needed income.
You will have to read the short play to find out how everything is sorted out in the end. This was a quick read that I picked up because I have been enjoying David Sedaris' collections of essays so much. I really enjoyed it a lot, though there really is only a loose sense of reality in what is going on. If you can live with that, you will find yourself laughing at the high-jinx.