About the Play:

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The Good Egg is a full-length comedy by Michael Lewis MacLennan. Trouble arises when a successful couple wanting a child get more than they bargained for when they purchase the sperm of a handsome life-studies model. A donor, a baby and a twist of fate all contribute to keeping audiences guessing and laughing in an intriguing tale of love, trust, and modern family values.

The Good Egg is a riveting, rollicking comedy about three people trying to conceive a baby. Robin and Brodie are the ultimate downtown couple – attractive, smart, and successful. They have everything they could ever want. Except a child. When bad news points them to alternative methods of conception, they encounter a handsome young art-studies model named Wade. He seems like the virile answer to their prayers. But as this unlikely trio gets more intimate, secret feelings emerge and threaten to destroy not only their hasty deal, but everything they've so carefully built for themselves. From one of Canada's funniest playwrights, The Good Egg is a penetrating look at timely, controversial issues. Theatrically audacious, it's also an achingly real and hilarious portrait of three unpredictable people on the brink.

The Good Egg premiered in 2009 at Alberta Theatre Projects during its National playRites Festival of New Plays in Calgary. The play has been performed in college theatre productions as a showcase of student talent.

Cast: 1 woman, 2 men

What people say:

"The Good Egg is a sharp, fun, sexy comedy full of poetic language, punched up with raunchy jokes, witty repartee, [and an] honesty and directness that is so appealing. All three characters are fully rounded – full of flaws and insecurities as they tumble through these huge life-altering events." — Fast Forward Weekly

"A smart, hip and fast-paced comedy [with a] tight, engaging script ... Far above the realm of [a] very clever and funny sitcom, it succeeds very well indeed in joining laughter to the shifting nature of human relationships." — Calgary Herald

"I felt I was witnessing the birth of a spunky new Canadian sex farce." — Calgary Sun

About the Playwright:

Michael Lewis MacLennan is a Canadian playwright, screenwriter and TV producer who divides his time between Toronto, Vancouver and Los Angeles. He is a two-time finalist for the Governor General's Award (Canadian equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize), and the only playwright to win the prestigious Herman Voaden National Playwriting Award twice. For TV, his credits that include The Fosters, Bitten, Bomb Girls, Flashpoint, Being Erika, Godiva's, Queer as Folk, and Wind at my Back.