This summer comedian Dan Bingham lays bare the emotional wreckage of his childhood for your amusement in this hilarious and reflective look at growing up adopted. Raised by a strict, Irish Catholic mother and her hoarding, abusive boyfriend, Adopt This! takes us from his troubled youth to his only slightly less troubled adulthood as he comes to terms with his past and reunites with his rowdy Scottish family, The Biologicals.

Raised in Montreal suburbia, Dan grew up knowing he was adopted and wondered if things could have been different. Had his biological family raised him, maybe he could have avoided the self-doubt, the smack downs and the delinquency of his youth. Maybe he wouldn’t have relied on booze to fuel his fun, and maybe his relationships with women wouldn’t have crumbled.

When Dan meets his biological family, his best and worst fears are realized: they are kind, loving people who welcome him with open arms. Dan finally belongs, but he’s pissed off at the universe for kicking him in the nuts with such a lousy childhood. Is there a lesson to be learned for a guy who hates learning lessons? Check out Adopt This! for a night of laughs, tears, and learning not to hate your parents, whoever they might be.