This was, after all, the Dental Society Midwinter Meeting, at which the entire state of Midwestern dentistry would be assessed and quantified and argued over.

And us being dentists and all meant that it wasn’t exactly something that we could just Fail To Show Up To.

Despite the scandal.

“[A] passionate morality play in the guise of a super-smart comedy of manners. … And you don’t have to be an endodontist or dental hygienist … to appreciate its keen observations, bittersweet charms, and the work of its crackerjack cast of six under Megan Shuchman’s bristling direction. … [Jacqmin] deftly weaves varied scenarios, both antic and increasingly dark, into a tight little knot of escalating expectations.” – Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times

After North Shore Regional Dental Society president Morris J. Morris, Jr., is caught with his pants down – and his dental drill up – The Dentists gather at their yearly conference to debate the future of Midwestern dentistry as they know it. In a field obsessed with profit over health, where morality has taken a backseat to the latest fads in composite fillings, how can a group of upright dental professionals – looking for something more… filling – actually make a difference?

World premiere, Chicago Dramatists/At Play, 2010

16th Street Theater, 2011

Theater on the Lake, 2011

Williamstown Theatre Festival, 2015