Playwright Aaron Loeb, a former US businessman, masterfully weaves together cutting-edge medical technology with complex ethical quandaries and sharp, Mamet-esque dialogue. The drama unfolds as an earnest research scientist arrives at a sophisticated venture capitalist firm, armed with only a stack of old-school index cards, to present her groundbreaking concept.
Willa (Letty Thomas) initially faces skepticism from the sharp young venture capitalist, May (Millicent Wong). However, May’s interest is piqued when she discovers Willa’s revolutionary method for predicting cancer. This technology echoes the ‘precrime’ concept from Philip K. Dick’s Minority Report, yet it’s set not in a dystopian future, but in contemporary San Francisco.
May, an ambitious protégé to company boss Paul (Lloyd Owen), quickly recognizes the immense potential of Willa’s startup – a rare ‘unicorn’ in the making. Yet, the fusion of Willa’s transformative medical innovation with Paul’s relentless pursuit of profit inevitably ignites a series of profound ethical and business dilemmas.