Dying Man in Living Room

After five months of self-imposed isolation, twenty-something Greta Fox leaves her uptown apartment for the first time since graduating from a prestigious university. On a whim, she decides to attend a “living exhibition” advertised on local access television: the cryptic Dying Man in Living Room.

It is Christmas Eve, and New York City glitters with bright storefronts, hansom cabs strung with white lights, and colorful characters who hold the darkness at bay. Greta arrives at a midtown tenement building without her phone, carrying nothing but her purse and the conviction that she is a victim of entitlement and too much education. Invigorated by the decision to venture out, she begins to suspect that living demands action, and that chance and curiosity might keep her animated.

Humorous and beguiling, Greta’s journey moves beyond the familiar myths of Orpheus and The Odyssey to chart a passage through time all its own. Along the way, she searches for meaning in what she fears most: privilege.