CIRCLE DANCE

CIRCLE DANCE, adapted from the stage play produced in both New York and Los Angeles, is the story of an All-American family: A legendary NFL Hall of Fame dad; a beautiful former cheerleader mom; a brilliant, quirky, freakishly perceptive daughter; and an all-sports champion son. A beautiful family portrait that belies the fault lines under the surface, fault lines that don’t stay buried for long.

“With a title borrowed from a Bonnie Raitt song about heartbreak, CIRCLE DANCE aims, classically, at a portrait of a disintegrating family and a flawed individual who learns his lessons too late.” ~LAWeekly

SYNOPSIS:

“I don’t know why, it should be so hard, Giving up this Circle Dance…” ~Circle Dance by Bonnie Raitt

"Worn out steps, from long ago…." Steps passed down from generation to generation.

Passed down to this family, the Cannon family, the perfect All-American family. A family steeped in sports, held together by avoidance and silence.

Dad Sonny Cannon, retired from the New York Giants, enshrined in the NFL Hall of Fame. Mother, Mary Cannon, a former cheerleader homecoming queen wife who does it all. Son, Steve Cannon, a rising Senior at Notre Dame, quarterback of the football team and a 4.0 English major. Daughter, Emma, a rising Sophomore at Columbia, who’s so smart she tortures them all with her rapier intellect.

A family that’s got it all.

And today, they are poised to hear the decision. Is Steve Cannon going to walk in this dad’s footsteps, declare early for the NFL draft and go to the “Big Leagues… Prime Time…”?

As Emma puts it later, this family’s “not too good at that talking thing,” so no one knows what Steve’s going to do, even Steve. And his dad won’t tell him what to do, because they’ve got their own unspoken competition to work out. But, nothing’s so bad, as families go. Pretty close to perfect, actually.

Until Steve runs into an agent who’s in town to court him and discovers a truth about his dad and, by extension, his mother, that cracks the dam and brings the family crashing down around them all.

A wrenching family drama. Funny, heartwarming, heartbreaking and provocative. A family drama that should be seen by every member of every family that’s willing to see themselves.

CIRCLE DANCE