Mrs Singh has discovered the liberating effect of dancing. Her son Tej disapproves of this ‘low life activity’. He is obsessed with becoming a doctor and cutting things up. Her daughter Cassie hates the idea of her parents’ liberation and demands an arranged marriage. Mr. Singh, who induced his wife’s new passion for dance to help her integrate, is now weary of her enthusiasm and desperate to find a way out of a local dance competition. He conspires with Tej and fakes an illness. Depressed, Mrs Singh persuades her son to dance with her instead. In a final attempt to retain respectability Mr. Singh tries to move the whole family back to India; an idea greeted with horror by everyone. After many twists and turns the play ends with Mr and Mrs Singh winning the dance competition and Cassie managing to arrange her own marriage.