{"product_id":"love-is-complicated-by-rick-butts","title":"Love Is Complicated by Rick Butts","description":"\u003cp\u003eLOVE IS COMPLICATED is an anthology of three one-act plays, \u003cem\u003eRACCOON, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR MAGGIE\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSIX DAYS IN THE LIFE OF MOM, 2126.\u003c\/em\u003e They are thematically linked by the capacity of love to drive people to surprising places in their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree women. And love that’s complicated. Today when her husband announces he’s leaving her and stealing all their money, a woman discovers raccoons aren’t so bad. Tomorrow morning another woman will wake up in a hotel room with a clown to learn that maybe God’s answered her prayers and surgery for the hateful husband she doesn’t have the courage to leave went better than she could have hoped—and he’s gone. A hundred years in the future, an artificial human who’s also a Mom changes her program herself so she can love her kids, arrange the birthday celebration she’s been planning for almost two decades and then shut herself down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeywords: Marriage breakups, domestication of raccoons, social injustice, prejudice, isolation, romance, clowns, childcare in the future, maternal love, parenthood, aging, siblings, AI, big tech, superhero, surveillance culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduction History:\u003cbr\u003eRACCOON, IT Productions, Left of Centre Festival, Brantford, Ontario, 2026.\u003cbr\u003eRACCOON, Theatre Aurora, Foundations Fest, Aurora, Ontario, 2026.\u003cbr\u003eRACCOON, IT Productions, The Knights, Brantford, Ontario, 2026.\u003cbr\u003eHAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR MAGGIE, Left of Centre Festival, Brantford, Ontario.\u003cbr\u003eHAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR MAGGIE, IT Productions, The Knights, Brantford, Ontario, 2026.\u003cbr\u003eHAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR MAGGIE, Butter Side Up Theatre Company, Thestival, Lantern Theatre, Sheffield, UK, 2026.\u003cbr\u003eHAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR MAGGIE, Broken Arts Entertainment, Loved Ones, season 3, audio drama, Scarborough, Maine, USA, 2026.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenres: Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction, Dark Comedy\u003cbr\u003eActs: 3\u003cbr\u003eRun time: 121 minutes\u003cbr\u003eSuitable for students 16+\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCast size: 9 actors\u003cbr\u003eMale roles: 3\u003cbr\u003eFemale roles: 4\u003cbr\u003eOther roles: 2\u003cbr\u003eCasting notes: Casting for \u003cem\u003eLOVE IS COMPLICATED \u003c\/em\u003eis ideal for community theatres at nine actors. Three leads for women, another woman in a major supporting role, three men, two voices. Actors in their twenties, thirties, forties \/ fifties \/ sixties. All the one-acts feature leading roles for women.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PGC","offers":[{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":67296110543021,"sku":"SRS-RB-LIC","price":14.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2362\/0235\/files\/Love-is-Complicated-Cover.jpg?v=1792425925","url":"https:\/\/www.canadianplayoutlet.com\/products\/love-is-complicated-by-rick-butts","provider":"Canadian Play Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}