The story centers on the lives and friendship of three Texas cheerleaders starting from high school in 1963, continuing through college as sorority sisters in 1968, and ending with the dissolution of their friendship in 1974 New York as their interests and livelihoods change and they are no longer as compatible with one another as they had been in their school days.
Act 1: In high school in 1963, the three girls are the popular cheerleaders and are planning all of the social events.
Joanne gets drunk and talks about how she never has a break from her kids and her husband Ted never lets her drink.
The comedy opened at Playwrights Horizons, New York City on January 15, 1976, for 13 performances,[1] and then transferred to the Chelsea Theatre Center (now the Westside Theatre) where it opened on March 22, 1976 and closed May 27, 1979, running for 1,313 performances.
[1][2][3] Heifner received a 1976 Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding New Play.