Carl Nargle, o pintor da televisão pública n.º 1 de Vermont, está convencido de que tem tudo, uma van personalizada e seguidores pendurados em todas as suas fotos até que um artista mais jovem e melhor rouba tudo o que Carl ama.

After 40 years of running their community arts space, The Bread Factory, Dorothea and Greta are suddenly fighting for survival when a celebrity couple--performance artists from China--come to Checkford and build an enormous complex down the street catapulting big changes in their small town.

At The Bread Factory, they rehearse the Greek play, Hecuba. But the real theatrics are outside the theater where the town has been invaded by bizarre tourists and mysterious tech start-up workers. There is a new normal in Checkford, if it is even really Checkford any longer.