Mountain of Chairs

On Timothy’s thirteenth birthday, his distant father and mother decide he can stay home while they attend the opera. Once they leave, he celebrates by stripping down and climbing a tower of dining chairs. Their early return brings a bizarre punishment ritual and a visit from child services, whose representative turns the family’s alarming behavior into an opportunity to collect a bribe.

In the official cast discussion, Timmy Williams explains that the chair stack for television was carefully arranged for safety, unlike the looser stacking used in their live performances.