The Empty Nesters

Thick House
1695 18th St. San Francisco

Do helicopter parents -- moms and dads who hover over their children's every move -- ever come down to earth? This is the question that haunts The Empty Nesters, the new play from Garret Jon Groenveld. When Greg and Frances drop their youngest child off at college in Arizona, they take a little vacation to the Skywalk at the Grand Canyon West on their way back to Los Angeles. But upon returning home, they face an empty house and an existential crisis: What do they want to be, now that their children have grown up? A 2013 PlayGround Festival selection, The Empty Nesters is the latest from Groenveld, seven-time winner of the Emerging Playwrights Award. Amy Glazer directs at Thick House.