We all love to beat the system. Any system - parking tickets, taxes,
jury duty. How about death? What if there were a select few who slipped
by the natural law the rest of us blindly follow? What if these few
found a way, if not to beat Death, at least cheat it for a long, long
time?
The Clown is one of these people. He's an eccentric fixture in the New
York acting scene. A master acting teacher, his devoted students know
him only as "the Clown." The Clown wears clown makeup at all times to
hide his true identity. Nameless and faceless, he's been cheating Death
for decades but now Death is coming to collect.
There are rules to this game. When Death comes to gather up these
renegades, it has to find a natural way in. Trilbe is an Iowa girl who
listens to her gut. As an actress, she literally channels her
characters like a medium channels spirits. She's an open vessel and
Death is about to step into her and close in on the Clown.
But Death isn't prepared for a 3rd player in the game - the New Guy.
He's a Chicago actor who's come to New York to work with the Clown.
He's a regular guy who has no idea he's on his way to becoming a hero.
Fugitives like the Clown can't cheat Death alone. They need the help of
others like them. The New Guy doesn't know it yet but he shares a
common ancestry with the Clown and he's here to save him. |