Meet Vinnie and Anne Marie, an all American, upwardly mobile Mafia couple who have it all: a beautiful home, plenty of money and success Vinnie is about to become a made man. On the eve of his official induction into the crime family, his world crashes down in a chaotic series of darkly comic events. He commits the worst transgression imaginable when he accidently runs over the Boss's six year old heir. The boy is barely injured but Vinnie is in deep trouble. His fanatic efforts to remedy his blunder reveal the high price of being part of the "Family."
FAMILY VALUES was originally presented as a staged reading at the Westwood Playhouse in Los Angeles on October 18, 1993 under the auspices of the Patchett Kaufman Entertainment Theatre play reading series. It was directed by Dan Lauria.