A woman by the name of Joyce is speaking to another woman about her experiences. She provides the listener with family portraits (mother and father in unflattering lights) and explains details about her past. Without trepidation, she explains that she has agreed to be decapitated by her doctor. The woman who listens to Joyce acts much like a counselor or psychologist but we're told that the two a not very close friends and yet she asks a lot of personal questions. I note this relationship as strange but intriguing.

I was very confused that the doctor had planned to do a transplant of the head for what appeared to be a simple case of asthma...a pretty drastic course of action for a relatively benign affliction. Oddly, Joyce accepts the prescribed course with excitement and only musters a minimal set of questions. She's accepting of the procedure even before she realizes she will receive a replacement head via a transplant. I wonder if this excited reaction isn't somehow related to the fact that her life is otherwise boring. We know that her life is less than exciting because her husband, a relatively unsuccesful real estate agent, is a bore. Her family life was less than satisfying and her fist husband is described much like her second husband.

I distinctly noticed that this play is presented with minimal music, unlike most CBSRMT presentations. Instead, this play uses a single tone from a marimba, or similar instrument, to indicate the beginning and ending of a flashback. Otherwise, the play is without dramatic music except during the bridges that E.G. Marshall presents. The technique is oddly effective but I kind of miss the dramatic effect provided by music in other plays.