Synopsis
STAY THEN GO is about a woman, Marion Baird, who cares about brides, grooms, 50th wedding anniversaries, ice sculptures, bar and bat mitzvahs, and unrefrigerated truffles. She’s an event planner extraordinaire. She has a husband, Dick Baird, who is a studio photographer, with a distinct knack for documenting an exalted version of normal. Teeth never looked so white, ruffles so starched; shiny shoes, shiny hair, shiny pets. They have a little child, Eddie, which oddly rocks and strains their careful world. They soon discover that he has autism. For Marion – her career, marriage, and life as a mother are changed inexorably. Her son gets older. A glimmer of a lovely identity emerges for him, that of a young artist. But just as he, and they, begin to envision a positive, productive adult life, an unlikely event occurs, altering their course forever.
