Spotlight: PARENTS IN CHAINS at Ensemble Theatre Company
PARENTS IN CHAINS Featuring a Rotating Cast of Celebs!
By: BWW Special Offer Mar. 10, 2025
Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara and J. Todd Harris present PARENTS IN CHAINS- A new comedy about texts, treks, sex, and empty nests. Written by Emmy and Peabody award-winner Jay Martel, Directed by Andy Fickman.
In PARENTS IN CHAINS, six L.A. parents exchange texts as their 18-year-old daughters drive home from a weekend in San Francisco during the approach of a hurricane. The trip and the inclement weather bring out both the best and the worst in the parents as they confront, as a group, as couples, and as individuals, what it means to let go of their kids. By turns viciously comic and poignant, PARENTS IN CHAINS is a valentine to the most difficult, most failure-prone job in the world.
Santa Barbara Awards - Live Stats
Best Musical - Top 3
1.
SHREK (Central Coast Theatre Company)
23.1% of votes
2.
LEGALLY BLONDE (Central Coast Theatre Company)
17.8% of votes
3.
SONGS FOR NOBODIES (Pcpa-pacific Conservatory Theatre)
15.1% of votes
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