A gambling addict must betray her moral and political values if she wishes to preserve her family’s pig farming wealth. Sarai grudgingly agrees to consult the sophist philosopher, Tuckerson, of The Fox Den, from whom she will learn a curious brand of philosophy that permits the wealthy to protect their assets from the progressive courts.
When the age of science and reason comes to an abrupt and violent end aboard the Brig Pilgrim, a marine biologist loses her wits and fights back (quite comedically) against the changing of the times. When two plays on one stage converge into a new reality, Kathryn Elizabeth, no longer finding herself part of the ship’s social harmony, embraces madness and takes on the persona of Prince Hamlet.
Catullus, the poet, metamorphoses into a goat on the morning of his wedding day and attempts to achieve omnipresence. The voice of John Holder, the poet’s childhood mentor, disparages Catullus and his efforts, as the poet feverishly reflects on a certain “goat walk comment” that John Holder made many years ago.
After a brief but intense romance between Catullus, the poet, and Kate, a biochemist, Catullus reflects on the ecstasy of the relationship, while Kate relives the trauma.
