What's It About? 

Playwright, nerd, and aging hip-hop enthusiast Ryder Dyson has 99 problems, and a script is one.​

Twenty years ago, Ryder wrote an exuberant hip-hop Odyssey as a vehicle for wife Cally. Now that the show is finally getting its big shot, Cally is chronically ill.

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To Ryder, the show represents the money it would take for Cally to revoke hospice and fight against her chronic illness. For Cally, who intends no such heroics, the show only keeps Ryder from her side. And whatever they see in it, the show's path to production seems cursed.

A director constantly reminds Ryder that he is out of time. A venal producer​ mis-casts a new leading lady to fill seats, leading to backstage rivalries and romances. New scenes and songs are constantly inserted up to the very last minute, weaving together Ryder's personal Odyssey with the one he is obsessed with presenting. And on top of that (or as a result,) Ryder's health is failing as well. ​​​

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Ryder compulsively re-writes the show as his grasp on reality slips, and his decisions in the theatre take on life-and-death consequences for both him and Cally, turning this self-aware comedy into a tragedy of "epic" proportions.​​​​​​