Jack's mother, Marlene, has taken to pacing in circles in the basement, while his older brother is obsessed with fixing a sign for gas that they never sell. Into all of this walks Missy—gone for sixteen years, and ten-and-a-half months pregnant. In this gothic prairie tale of love, loss, and redemption, playwright Daniel Macdonald weaves together a hilarious and touching work that blends the absurd with the all-too-real, darkness with blinding light, and bitter cold with the warmth of forgiveness.

Daniel Macdonald is a playwright, director, and educator. His plays have been produced and workshopped in Canada and the United States. Pageant premiered at the Alberta Theatre Projects playRites Festival and has been produced in Regina, Fort MacMurray, and Austin, Texas. MacGregor's Hard Ice Cream and Gas premiered at Persephone Theatre in Saskatoon and has been produced at Prairie Theatre Exchange (Winnipeg), Ship's Company (Nova Scotia), and Shadow Theatre (Edmonton). His play Velocity was part of the Lark Play Development Center's Playwrights Week 2007 in New York and was part of the Saskatchewan Spring Festival of New Plays. He has written several pieces with and for high school students including the dramas Waking and Tragedie. He also wrote several short pieces for the Globe Theatre's On the Line series (12 Menus, Negotiations). Macdonald is a recipient of the Regina Writer's Award and is a two time recipient of the SIMPIA (Saskatchewan) award for film acting. Daniel is past president of the Saskatchewan Playwrights Centre and has served on its board for eight years. He lives, writes, and teaches in Regina, Saskatchewan.

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• Short-listed, Regina Book Award - Saskatchewan Book Awards
• Short-listed, Book of the Year - Saskatchewan Book Awards

"…part prairie gothic and part absurdist comedy. That balance is even and satisfying – you can crunch through the tough issues… or simply let the comic elements melt in your mouth." —Saskatoon Star Phoenix