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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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  • toby kansas city mo

    can you come to kansas city mo ? i fill like you do not come kcom no more!

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  • BIG T Norfolk, Va

    Tyler, r you going to bring the play to the Norfolk, Va area? My late wife and I went to see the stage play the Marriage Counselor in 2008 in Hampton ,Va we both loved it! One other question, are you ever going to make the Marriage Counselor into a movie? Inquiring minds want to know.

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  • Kelly p Albany ny

    Please please come to proctors theater in upstate NY. Ilove you spirit and your gift you bring to your audience! God Bless you

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  • Carmen Seattle, wa

    Mr. Perry, Can you please bring some plays to Seattle, WA, I am a huge fan of yours and so is all my family. I want to tell you that I love that you can make people laugh and be clean about it and also you bring movies to us with real life issues of life and show how they can be solved with just believing in God and never losing your faith. God bless

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    • Kisha #1690045

      I second that !

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  • Carol Tampa,FL

    Mr Perry, can you please bring the show to Tampa. I loves your plays

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  • timarius

    timarius williams ramesh 18 mr tylerperry can do neo shoow so, can you com west gadsden high school green sbor fl 32 ilove your play new

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  • Maudie Jones Clinton, MD

    So glad you took some down time, because I was beginning to worry about you! Creativity will not come when you are to tired to think! I loved the view at your home away from home! Only thing that I didn't take this elderly lady!

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  • james j boyd hartford,ct

    I just wanted to know if your coming to ct, I saw meada gets a job in hartford, on my birthday, it was a great show, i was a the earlier show where we had the audio problem, but you heald it together and it was GREAT.... thank you Mr. perry

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  • Sheneith Hawkins Dallas,Tx.

    I might need to check this out too!

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  • Brandy

    When are you coming to St.Louis, MO

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  • Diane Washington, DC

    Thank you for thinking of us while taking a rest and letting us see the heavens through your eyes. Enjoy it, you so rightly deserve it.

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  • wayne bennett las vegas nv.

    are you coming to las vegas nv.

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