The United States’ electrical grid has been attacked leaving the country without power. A young journalist in Chicago receives a transponder from her father that can ensure safe passage to a luxury condo bunker in Kansas. She must solidify her interracial romantic relationship while reckoning with her father, her past, and the societal aftermath of the blackout both on the surface and underground.
Cast:
KATE DELANEY STITCH – a journalist, an only child, a skeptic, mid-late 20s, white woman
FELIX FISHER – an activist, a community organizer, an optimist, mid-late 20s, black man
OLIVER STITCH – a CEO, a father, a pragmatist, 50s, white man
SIMONE STRANGE– an innovator, a cougar, an opportunist, 60s, any race woman
CLAUDE SMITH– a retired notary, a capitalist, a delusional hermit, 70s, any race man
SAGE – an horologist, a peacemaker, a visionary, 40s, black gender nonconforming person
LARRY HALL – an architect, a salesman, a conspiracy theorist, 60s, white man
MARILYN WILLIAMS– an executive assistant, an aunt, a loyalist, 80s, white woman