Meet Vada Love Powell, the overbearing but oh-so-genteel matriarch who put the "mother" in "smother." Vada is left reeling when her beloved only child, the center of her universe and the apple of her eye, gets married without her consent. Before long the whole town is drowning in gossip like biscuits in gravy. An off-Broadway hit, this Southern fried comedy is a delightful reflection on age and change.