One Foot in Front of the Other at Santa Monica Playhouse

Staged reading of a play.

A recently divorced son moves back in with his fiercely independent mother, an aging psychotherapist whose subtle memory lapses begin to upend the roles they've played their entire lives. As love turns into control, and protection begins to look like possession, mother and son must learn that they can't save each other—but they may still be able to choose each other.

Tom Alper is the playwright.