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Our story opens very early on a Monday morning, at the home of Grandma Hattie Mae. Hattie has allowed her daughter and son in law to move into her home with their son Wallie. The morning silence is broken by the ring of the telephone. Hattie is afraid to answer. The bank has given her three days to pay up the mortgage, or the struggling family will be evicted. Tensions are rising for Frank who feels responsible as the man of the house. Frank has been out of work for months, causing the family to be supported by the sole income of Rose who works as a maid for a wealthy real estate giant, Louis Willis.

After months of avoiding phone calls from the bank, Frank finally gets a break when Louis hires him to be a handyman at the Willis estate. Rose is elated that her prayers have finally been answered. Frank is cautiously optimistic, but excitedly prepares for his new job as a handyman. That morning at the Willis home, Floyd, played by Palmer Williams Jr., is hilariously negative about Rose allowing Frank to work for the wealthy couple. Floyd is convinced that Louis’ much younger wife, Diane, will snatch Frank right from under Rose’s nose.

It soon becomes painfully clear that Floyd’s madness was not craziness at all. Diane goes after Frank the moment she sees him. Rose is completely unaware of the depths to which her boss Diane will stoop when trying to satisfy her insatiable appetite for strapping young men. While Rose and Frank consume themselves with saving the home that Hattie has lived in for over thirty years, Wallie has been deeply affected by the fears of being homeless. Only Hattie is aware that Wallie has been running the streets at night. It is not until Wallie is arrested for shoplifting that Rose discovers that her honor roll son has decided to walk a different path.

Frank and Wallie finally face off when Frank overhears his son lashing out about how Frank is a sorry husband and father. Wallie has learned on the streets that all men have a side hustle, and are always able to support their families. It is a bitter pill to swallow when Frank realizes that his son has lost respect for him, and blames him for the family’s impending doom.

It is under these circumstances that the struggling family will have to pray for a miracle when their worlds begin to spiral out of control. Hattie, an old woman who has survived a mountain of challenges, finds herself more afraid than she has ever been. Rose, the strong and virtuous matriarch of her family, stands firmly on her faith when she tells Hattie that she has to meet God for the first time. At the end of her rope, Hattie lifts her arms in a miraculous and desperate show of faith and power. It will take both of the women to battle the principalities coming against their family unit.

Meanwhile Frank is put in a treacherous situation when Diane maligns Rose with lies and deceit, while offering to write a check to Frank in exchange for sexual favors. Frank is tested like never before when he is presented by an opportunity to save his family by betraying the sacred relationship he has with his wife.

Frank’s impeccable character lifts him out of the situation in time to discover that Wallie has become a money making drug dealer. When Frank finally discovers the stacks of cash and drugs, he is ready to give everything he has to fight for his son’s life. Wallie has been so brainwashed by the streets that it will take the strength and love of a tough father to win the heart of his son back to the principles he was raised with.

It almost appears that Diane may have been successful in breaking up a happy home when Louis finally sees his young wife for what she is. Troubled by the truth, Louis must make the hardest decision he has ever had to make. Seeing the love that Frank and Rose have for one another, Louis intervenes to help the couple who are about to lose everything they have. In doing so, Louis experiences firsthand the power and the beauty of a family’s love.

Tyler Perry’s “The Haves And The Have Nots” is a powerful story of love and honor told with honesty and brutal truth. The show features powerful new music written by Tyler Perry, and a cast of extraordinary singers and actors who make the evening a heartfelt experience. Hattie, played by Patrice Lovely, and Palmer Williams Jr. as Floyd offer up enough laughs to keep audiences chucking for the rest of the year.

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  • rebecca winston-salem, nc

    Tyler please come to Winston-Salem,NC. I love all your works including movies, TV and stage. PRETTY PLEASE!!!!

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  • chauntay Tacoma,WA

    Tyler I LOVE LOVE LOVE everything you do! Do you plan on ever coming back to Seattle,WA?

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  • Raymond pittsburgh pa.

    Hello Mr. Perry I was wondering do you plan on bringing and plays back to Pittsburgh pa. I really enjoy seeing them live there is nothing like experiencing it live. Just to add when my family lost our little brother, Jesus used you to bring laughter back into our home. For that I wanna say thank you for being a blessing to the people of God!!

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    • Deborah Brown Memphis, TN 38118 #1689249

      Great Job Tyler Keep! Up The Good Work That You Do! By the way when will this play beconing to Memphis, Tennessee. Can't wait to see you movie on June 29th I have a birthday coming soon (July 5th ) hope your play be in Memphis, Tennessee by then, but if not I still wish you the best as always in what you do.

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  • Tonya Washington, DC

    Hey Tyler, I see that the last run for your "Have and Have Nots" is in June 2012. Would you consider bringing it to the Verizon Center in Washington, DC? I so enjoyed "Madea Gets A Job" that I took a friend along and we laughed thru the whole play & I especially enjoyed the showcasing of the actors and yourself with yall beautiful voices. Please consider the Verizon Center in Washington, DC one of your must go to venues. May God continue to BLESS you with your talent!!!!

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  • Elyce Nashville tn

    I see the tour dates stop on June 9...will there be more dates added and if so will Nashville be a place you will stop..when you cane with the madeas big happy family...my family from Mississippi came down to see it...we love and support you whole heartily....please come to Nashville with one of you shows...

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  • H Scott St Louis, MO

    Tyler, how can u do a play and not come to St Louis? Your plays are like a national holiday, everybody gets dressed up and excited. I can't wait until Good Deeds comes out on dvd

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    • Ms Deb St. Louis, MO #1687118

      Tyler I agree totally with H. Scott. Please come to STL

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    • Ja'Quis O'Fallon, Illinois #1688283

      I totally agree with the both of them as well! We need you back in the STL!!! It hasnt been the same without you!!!!!!!!!

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  • Rachel Chavez-Patrick Quad Cities, Illinois

    I wish my husband and I could see your plays. We had tickets to your last play but your show was cancelled due to exhaustion. Please come back to the Quad Cities area in Illinois. We have similar family members as the ones in your plays and movies. ;-)

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  • MARGRIT dayton, oh, 45403

    saw it before and loved every minute. it fits my situation. i face foreclosure, have to evict my son from my own home. he was supposed to help me through cancer surgery and recovery. well, we had an agreement that i get him the medical assistance he needs. he changed his whole plans on that and since has not spoken to me. he now abuses me emotionally. he also brought in a girl who is equally lazy and i have to evict her as well. in about one month i run out of sick leave, facing foreclosure, no income and no where to go including no family, whatsoever. thank god there is the lord to believe in that he does not yet want me. but i hope the play comes to dayton again. it is one of those plays i need to see again to lift my spirits a bit.

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  • Kesha newark

    why u not coming to newark nj love ever thing u do and be very mad when i cant get to see your play.

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  • Bridget Williams Phoenix arizona

    Tyler please come to Arizona again...

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  • Paula Watts Tanoa, Fl

    will be happy when the ply come out on DVD

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  • gwen alexander city alabama

    when will this play be out on dvd. i would very much like to see it

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