Demolition Tickets

Doug, a blue-collar worker at a family owed construction company, is the self-proclaimed “best shovel man in southeast Michigan.” He is charged with training Paul, the boss’s gentle, secretive, college bound son, during the course of a summer renovation project. Doug is close to Paul’s family and feels he’s needed in helping to get the boy ready for life away from home. Their exchanges begin with Doug’s bawdy advice that is comically at odds with Paul’s shy nature. But soon it becomes apparent that Paul is struggling with something far beyond Doug’s purview and experience. This new play is about identity, truth, parenthood, and the courage it takes to break things apart in order to become your own kind of hero.