Last night Kate met John. But when she wakes up, he's gone and she's locked in his flat. When she calls him at work, he apologises and promises to come straight back. But an accidental find in a drawer turns her anticipation into horror.

A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.

A common friend's sudden death brings three men, married with children, to reconsider their lives and ultimately leave the country together. But mindless enthusiasm for regained freedom will be short-lived.