Driving Miss Daisy presented by Houston Family Arts Center is set in mid-century Atlanta and tells the story of an elderly Jewish matron, Daisy Werthan, and her chauffeur, Hoke Coleburn. At first, Daisy is none too happy about being forced to rely on a black man. But Hoke gradually wins her over and, during the 25-year span of the play the two develop a deep-rooted affection.

Alfred Uhry has created two characters of independence, strength and stubborn integrity and set them in a delicate depiction of racial tension. In a series of absorbing scenes spanning twenty-five years, the two, despite their mutual differences, grow ever closer to, and more dependent on, each other, until, eventually, they both come to realize they have more in common than they ever believed possible.