Surprise, Surprise (2006)
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Beginning as critically-acclaimed play originally staged in Los Angeles, Surprise Surprise is a moving and unpredictable portrait of a closeted TV star, his much younger disabled lover, and the troubled teenaged son he never knew he had. Infused with dark humor and set behind the doors of a secluded home in the Hollywood Hills, Den Jorgensen’s seemingly idyllic life is permanently altered when his son David—a swaggering 16-year-old homophobe—unexpectedly arrives at his doorstep. David’s arrival forces Den to confront his already problematic relationship and, eventually, all three men are compelled to join together to redefine the concept of what constitutes a family at the dawn of our new millennium.

The Los Angeles Daily News said of the play’s premiere: “Surprise Surprise is a cogent human drama with strong, likable characters, intelligent humor and a series of conflicts that present a discerning commentary about what people need from each other. Sensitive without being phony or maudlin, [it] scores first and foremost for what it’s about: respect, the need to belong, and the incalculable importance of reaching out to other human beings in distress.”