First performed in a hit off-off-Broadway production, and quickly to be a film starring Sigourney Weaver and Anthony LaPaglia, THE PEOPLE is a timeless drama approximately the amazing truths people can discover in ordinary lives, and the connections we make with others and ourselves in situations of tragedy.

Paralyzed by grief and unable to put his thoughts into phrases, Nick, a open fire captain, seeks away the help of a writer to create eulogies for the colleagues and friends he dropped in the catastrophic events about The Guys of September 11, 2001. As Joan, an editor by trade, pulls Nick out about “the guys,” powerful information emerge, revealing stunning personalities and the material and meaning that lie beneath the surface of seemingly unremarkable people. As the individual talents and enthusiasms from the people within the tiny firehouse community are understood, we come to understand the uniqueness and worth of what each individual has to lead. And Nick and Joan, two people who under normal circumstances never would have met, jump the well-defined tracks of their very own lives, and so find out about themselves, about lifestyle, and about the healing power of individual connection, through talking about the guys.