I am very pleased to be able to revisit this show before I retire. I think what draws me to it as much as the story is the setting. Grace's Diner is like thousands of little places along the highways and biways of our country. I wanted to try to give the audience the memory of that experience as thoroughly as possible. To this end, we tried to do as much "cooking" as we could. I wanted the smell to literally hit them in the face as they entered the theatre. We brewed coffee and fried bacon and eggs through out the show. I think the local fast food estab lishments did very well after each performance!

I recall laminated menus in such places. Often, they were printed by Victor Cornelius of Eastland, Texas. I wanted the menus at Grace's to be something similar.

Of course, the weather is an issue throughout the play, so coats were necessary.

The pies and doughnuts were real...and pretty good, too.

Don't even ask what those "raw" hamburgers were actually made of!