What a Yes

 The House of Yes "started with a particular house, a house I saw in an elegant suburb of Washington, D.C. There was just something about this chic, moneyed house that made me want in," writes playwright Wendy MacLeod on her website. The plot follows fiancés Lesly and Marty; Lesly is meeting Marty's family for the first time over Thanksgiving, and soon discovers that his family members are each, in his own way, completely insane.

"The play is about people that have never been said 'no' to," continues MacLeod. "It's about an insularity I see in the upper classes, people who have cut themselves off from the rest of the world and are living by the rules they've invented."

Catch MacLeod's dark tragi-comedy, presented by square product theatre, tonight at 8 p.m. at the ATLAS Black Box Theatre on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus; the play runs Thursdays through Sundays through May 24, and tickets are $10 to $12, with two-for-one prices on Thursdays. Call 1-800-838-3006 or e-mail square_productions@yahoo.com for information.
Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sun., May 18, 2 p.m. Starts: May 15. Continues through May 24, 2008