When budget cuts threaten to shut down Verity High School, the parents do what any reasonable adults would do—hijack the annual talent show to save the day.

Featuring Angela, a mom who puts the “hell” in helicopter parenting, but can you blame her? Her husband literally suffocated via clown nose. Then there’s her son, Harlan, a misunderstood artiste who just wants to perform his avant-garde Hamlet… as a Harlequin clown. Next up is Sutton, The Boss B*tch of Broadway, who still thinks she’s the main character (because, obviously, she is). And in the wings is her daughter, Alexa, who wants to be more than her superstar mom’s lackey. Following up that act is Luis, an OG gay, whose kids don’t even go to the school anymore. Rounding out the parents is Coach, who speaks in sports metaphors and unconditionally supports his genderqueer child, Dylan. And Dylan , the reluctant director of this talent show disaster, soon discovers that controlling the parents is harder than wrangling the town’s overabundant llama population. But the best was saved for last. Meet Verna, the seventy-year-old pot-smoking, gambling, unhoused pianist with questionable morals who might just save the day.

Generations, identities, and way too much parental involvement collide in this musical comedy about the importance of community, the paradox of cancel culture, and finding a safe place for creative expression. Because if the parents are running the show, what could possibly go wrong?