A director of this weekend's production claims that this show is unique to other plays put on by No Refund Theatre because this play is geared towards the family audience.

Wendy Wasserstein's The Sisters Rosensweig is a story of three middle-aged, Jewish sisters who come together after many years to celebrate the oldest's birthday.

The play takes place in London in 1991, just after the fall of the Soviet Union. The sisters grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y. in the 1950s and make several references to their childhood as they are together celebrating Sara's birthday.

Sara is just turning 54 and feels that she is too old to see the importance of romance.

She is a successful British banker and divorced with one daughter, Tess, who is 17-years-old. Sara does not have a very solid mother-daughter bond with Tess. The mother and daughter do not see eye-to-eye on several topics. Tess wants to join the Lithuanian resistance with her boyfriend, and Sara is not a supporter of her daughter's dreams.

Gorgeous is the middle sister and she is a 46-year-old housewife married to a lawyer living in the suburbs of Boston. Gorgeous also owns her own cable show and is a talk-show personality.

Lauren DeKosky (senior-history) plays the role of Gorgeous. She says that her character tries to be the epitome of the Jewish stereotypical daughter.

"She is very quick to give her opinion and thinks she is right about everything," DeKosky said.

However, as she becomes closer to her sisters during Sara's birthday, she breaks down and quits her façade.

For many years she would only tell her family about the good things that were occurring in her life; she soon realizes from her sisters that it is okay for things not to be perfect, DeKosky said.

The youngest sister Pfeni is 40-years-old and a traveling writer dating a bi-sexual musical director named Geoffrey. Pfeni doesn't live in one place for an extended amount of time because of her job and has a gift for dealing with controversial issues.

"This play is good to showcase female talent," said co-director Annalise Kordell (junior-English and psychology). "We have a cast of extremely strong female actors."

Sarah Manway (senior-elementary education) is directing the play with Kordell. Although Manway does not have any sisters of her own, she said that she got a sisterhood experience while directing this play.

"We brought different women together in this play and got a sister kind of atmosphere during rehearsals," Manway said. "We had a sisterhood within the show."

As the Rosensweig sisters reunite, they discuss topics of HIV, cultural backgrounds, mother and daughter relationships and building self- identity, Kordell said.

Pfeni's boyfriend Geoffrey brings his friend Merv to the party. Sara meets Merv and he helps her to understand her past and makes her realize that there are in fact possibilities for the future.

"We call this play a dramedy," Manway said. "There are serious parts in the play but there are some parts that will have you rolling."

The Sisters Rosensweig will be performed at 8 tonight and tomorrow night in 111 Forum.