SYNOPSIS

The Greater Good is set in an internment camp for intellectuals – dissenters of an unspecified American war. Being “anti-government” is dangerous. Being “anti-war” is deadly.

It’s been almost two years since they were put here.

Carter, Daniel, and Simon share a room/cell. All the internees have been told that they have a disease – a biological weapon unleashed on them by the enemy. They are separated from society for the Greater Good.

Stel, a young woman, disturbs their uneasy equilibrium, fleeing her unstable cell-mate, Ket. Breaking many laws, the three men allow Stel to stay with them.

Stel uses this opportunity to reach out to Carter. She has been hearing rumors. Rumors that other ghettos like theirs are being emptied out – rumors that they, too, might disappear any day. She and Carter start planning to escape.

They are unaware that Daniel and Ket, clear leaders in the ghetto community, have already been tapped for an escape. They have been told they might leave, on the condition that they tell no one of their lost two years. They agree.

Carter and Stel try to convince Daniel and Ket of their impending doom, while Simon goes slowly and gently crazy.

Daniel and Ket are betrayed by those who promised them their freedom. Carter and Stel are left to face the liquidation of the ghetto, all for the greater good.

All are amazed that such a thing could really happen.