A paroled killer's return to his old neighborhood creates havoc for a neighboring family already struggling with Cold War paranoia.

 

One man would tame a river,

another his rebellious child.

Neither can foresee the consequences ....

 

An epic story of love and defiance in World War I Missouri.

 

        Directed by Jason King Jones   

SuzAnne and Gabor Barabas, Producers

With Deborah Baum,  Christine Bruno,  Lea Eckert,  Davis Hall,  David  Foubert, and Brian O'Halloran

The production at NJ broke all previous box office records and earned The Good Daughter a Pulitzer Prize nomination.

Beautifully acted, directed, and designed, the production earned wide praise:

D.W. Gregory's affecting family drama "The Good Daughter," boasts a flavorful, cinematic sweep.

-- Variety

Like some downstream eddy, "The Good Daughter" draws you in within seconds -- 

-- Asbury Park Press

D.W. Gregory has written a classically American play that really digs deeply into the roots of our society and societal expectations.

--- TriCity News

... a multifaceted, thought provoking traditional American play which stirs echoes of Eugene O’Neill

--Bob Rendell's New Jersey

Under Jason King Jones' sturdy un-fussy direction, the deluge of romance, regrets, recriminations and rebellious behavior that propel "The Good Daughter," takes an almost retro dramatic course. But it is a course that, for all its contrived arteries, is precisely and skillfully constructed.

-- Simon Saltzman, Curtainup.com