About the Project
Through the narrative device of an argument with a loved one, Morris, a twenty-something straight-presenting man hellbent on crafting the life he was taught to want, regale’s tales of growing up as part of a midwestern megachurch’s “worship band”, feeling pressured to hide a pastor’s late night sexual phone calls, faking a medical school entrance exam, stealing from his dying grandmother to pay rent, and being fired from his dream job all while juggling a personality so contrived and fraudulent, he isn’t sure he’s worth saving. At rock bottom, Morris stumbles into a house party and befriends a teacher who shows him a profoundly intimate acceptance he’d never experienced. Confused and inspired by the safety and trust he’s given without having earned, Morris uncovers the confidence to make mistakes, stop hiding from his past, and explore his sexuality. But if the lessons he’s learned come all too late, and the intimacy he opens up to unfurls its own limitations, will the one thing saving his life be torn away and left behind in the process?
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