In response to a series of personal crisis, Sarah takes her daughter and mother on a spontaneous road trip to Florida. Not wanting to leave her life forever but enjoying new freedom, Sarah is oblivious to Emma’s confusion and spitefulness concerning her parent’s separation. Thrown into the journey is Emma’s grandmother, Bea, who is “among other things, very sick” with a broken heart – from the loss of her husband and high blood pressure.
After a brief episode of Bea’s heart arrhythmia, Emma tries to contact her father from the road and almost succeeds in reuniting her parents. But Sarah’s pride blinds her to Emma’s needs.
Traveling further and further from reality, Alex plays all the men in all the three women’s lives: Emma’s admirer, Bea’s late husband, Sarah’s late brother, and finally as a stirring mix of all three. Alex uncovers parts of the women even they didn’t know existed.
As the travelers ride and rest through “parts of the South they call deep to emphasize its forgiving qualities, it’s penchant for reconstruction,” they also travel “through parts of the heart they call deep to emphasize the same.”
Ending on the front of a tropical storm, “Parts” is a southern comedy/drama that laughs at the quirks and confidence of three generations of women free from social constraints, but not from each other.
CHARACTERS:
Emma: 16-ish girl. Smart, curt, creative. Dressed casually, not fashionably. Not much of a Southern accent.
Sarah Emma’s mother, 35/40. Overcompensates by exuding more energy than she really has. Light but evident accent.
Bea: Sarah’s mother. Late 60’s. Wise and happy. Deep, smooth accent.
Alex: 17-20-ish. Southern boy who takes on the personas of each woman’s imagined male.
ALEX: Quiet and reserved, but pure and strong.
Henry: Charming and still.
Ben: Eccentric and excited.
Mark: Busy and full of promises
