The original production is written and directed by North Central College senior Ross McIntire of Galva, Ill., as part of the College's Student Director Series. In the Student Director Series, members of the College's theatre faculty invite students to submit a proposal to direct their own theatrical productions and the best are chosen. The show, which measures the flesh and blood impact of a factory closure in Midwestern America, follows a group of men and women in a small town bar. They have come for various reasons: to meet friends, to avoid enemies and to live their lives.