About the Play:

Yes, Dear is a one-act romantic comedy by Warren Graves. As they prepare for their daughter's twenty-first birthday a couple realize they are getting old and try to recapture their youth.

Yes, Dear is about the conversation on growing older that takes place between a husband and wife on the eve of their daughter's 21st birthday. When John and Marie Grant prepare for the 21st birthday party of their daughter, these youthful parents suddenly feel old as they realize their child is now an adult. In the privacy of their bedroom, John reverts to the clown he was as a young man and sweeps Marie along with him into sheer zest of being alive. They realize that, for each other, they will always be the same in this charming and very funny comedy.

The author's first play, Warren Graves submitted this script for Yes, Dear to the Edmonton Journal playwriting competition in 1966, and it won first prize. It got its first production at Mac Central High School in Alix, Alberta, where it won the high school regional drama festival. The first professional production was in 1968 as part of a one-act play festival at Waterdale Playhouse in Edmonton, Alberta.

Cast: 2 female, 1 male

About the Playwright:

Warren C. Graves (1938-2008) was born in England and moved to Alberta in 1964. A former Clerk-Assistant of the Alberta Legislative Assembly from 1967-1975, he subsequently became well-known throughout Alberta as actor, writer, director, stand-up comic and public speaker.