Nothing But Days

by C. Meaker

In the not-so-distant future, the nation of Inner Wall expects people to earn citizenship through childbearing and military service. As an alternate pathway to citizenship, queer people are sent to the border Wall to surveil the cities beyond, paying for perks with more days to serve. Caught between the famine and violence they observe daily beyond the Wall and news of brewing rebellion inside their own capital...

In the not-so-distant future, the nation of Inner Wall expects people to earn citizenship through childbearing and military service. As an alternate pathway to citizenship, queer people are sent to the border Wall to surveil the cities beyond, paying for perks with more days to serve. Caught between the famine and violence they observe daily beyond the Wall and news of brewing rebellion inside their own capital city, the queer denizens of the Wall must choose between continuing their service or joining the battle to earn their freedom.

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Nothing But Days

On the Wall
PAIGE - Twenties.
LUCKY – Late twenties to early thirties.
BETH – Late thirties.
UNGER – Early thirties.
HOLLY – Twenties.
PIJA – Late forties to early fifties. Runs the wall, supplying the different posts. If PIJA goes very fast, the entire trip around the Wall takes sixteen days. On average, it takes Pija twenty days.
A variety of queers who may be female, non-binary, and/or trans.

Milis, or Militants
CASPER
MILO
OLY
All are male-presenting if not cismale.

Other character
SHE – a woman made comfortable by a certain position in this society. In the gymnasium scenes, she is in her twenties and pregnant. In scenes on the wall She is in her late thirties. She is cisfemale.

Development History

  • Workshop, University of Iowa Gallery Production, 2017