Family Baggage

A Two-Act Play by Errol Strider and Lou Montgomery

About the Play

Family Baggage is a powerful and often hilarious theatrical experience exploring codependency, addictions, control, approval-seeking, hurt and protection, family dynamics, and the possibility of healing. Through humor, drama, and unforgettable characters, the play reveals the invisible emotional scripts that shape our relationships—and reminds us that those scripts can be changed.

Originally written by Errol Strider and Lou Montgomery, Family Baggage has helped audiences laugh, reflect, and gain fresh insight into themselves and the people they love.

Together with its companion workshop, Unloading Your Baggage, Family Baggage has served as a catalyst for personal insight, meaningful conversation, and recovery in treatment centers, churches, community organizations, and other settings.

Reviews:

“Family Baggage delivers one of the most powerful recovery messages in the most enjoyable manner of any production I’ve seen. It puts the fun into recovery without missing the message.”
— Terry Kellogg, Author

“Family Baggage is more than a hilarious experience. It’s a recovery experience. I highly recommend it.”
— Anne Wilson Schaef, author of When Society Becomes an Addict

“Family Baggage is a dynamic theatrical experience that comes from the hearts of two remarkable human beings.”
— Greg Austen, The Santa Fe New Mexican

“Family Baggage is a dynamic theatrical experience that comes from the hearts of two remarkable human beings.”
— Greg Austen, The Santa Fe New Mexican

“The duo succeeded brilliantly, illustrating that unloading your family baggage can be a hysterically fun experience—not a hysterical one.”
— Glendale News-Press

Interested in Family Baggage?

If you’re interested in a performance, workshop, screening, or learning more about Family Baggage, please contact us through TheLaughingHeart.org.