Do Not Pass Go

A «liberal leftist’s» garden. Mr. Schuster, his wife, her sister, the mother-in-law, and the new au pair, await the arrival of one final guest. Until then, they kill time by playing monopoly – a game whose point it is to «drive others into insolvency», as the sharp-witted, politically active mother-in-law remarks. But insolvency begins, even before first roll of the dice. The younger generation’s perfect world (row house, kids, well-paying jobs) had always seemed suspect to the mother-in-law – has civil disobedience completely been extinct? All the while, her daughters dread the memories of their childhood (communes, protest marches, no-nukes posters). Another principled debate about morals and ideals seems unavoidable. While there is a frightening rustle in the bushes, Mr. Schuster develops his own apocalyptic scenarios in his head. He becomes his own spectator, surrounded by three bickering women - and a silent fourth one, the au pair, who questions his existence in a totally unforeseen way …
Do Not Pass Go is a multi-layered comedy of manners, where Alan Ayckbourn meets David Lynch meets Stephen King.