Why is it so hard for people to say "I Love You", to express their true feelings? Some may find it easier to whisper - as in the children's playground game - "Elephant Juice".

John has always found it hard to commit himself totally in word and deed to Katy, his girlfriend of 6 years - probably because he has not admitted the reality inside himself. He meets Jason and gradually falls in love with him. John tells Katy he is gay and that he wants to be with Jason, only to find that Katy has been having an affair with Joe, a married man - mainly because she found it hard to confront John about his apparent reluctance to commit himself emotionally to her. Katy's rebound shot heads straight for Joe and she tries to give vent to her feelings, to "clear the clouds and find the blue". Katy thinks that Joe's lack of enthusiasm for their relationship is caused by his inability to say what he is truly feeling. The twist is that when he does tell her what he is feeling, he tells her he cannot leave his wife and kids for her and wants to "just stay friends".

A comic sub plot reveals Maureen, Katy's mother, recently widowed after a 25 year marriage to a man she despised. She had stayed with him because it was hard to display her lack of love for him and break free. Now, when she attempts her first date at fifty, she is unable to communicate effectively with Julian, a younger man she tries to pick up. She sits by her phone for days waiting for him to call - while Julian is reluctant to call because he thinks she is not interested. Finally, Juilian takes a chance and attempts to say what he feels.

Meanwhile, Jason appears to be turning more and more moody, shutting John out, until he finally tells John the truth: "If I only whisper what I feel inside - then I can hide all that I'm afraid of". Jason has been hiding a secret burden that has prevented him from expressing the love he really feels for John.

The musical ends with a song in which all the characters look inside themselves and ask are they now ready to whisper "Elephant Juice"?

Love can make you feel like shit

But what's a life if it don't have love in it?

If you need, want, had (but lost) love

what would it take for you to say...

(whispered) Elephant Juice.............

Musical Numbers

Crocodile Tears - Maureen, Katy, John

Passing Time Before Dessert  - John

Perfect Stranger - John, Jason

Sooner Or Later - John, Katy

Perfect Stranger (reprise) - Katy, Joe

Aren't You Going To Say Goodbye? - John, Jason

First Date At Fifty - Maureen

Making Choices - Jason, John, Joe, Katy

Katy And John - Katy, John

Complicated Love - John

Clearing Clouds - Katy

Let's Just Stay Friends - Joe

Love And Whispers - Jason

Don't Let The Time Go - Julian, Maureen

The Best In Me - John, Jason

Confessions And Reflections - Company

Sooner Or Later (reprise) - Katy, John

If You Need, Want, Had (But Lost) Love - Company