The action of the play takes place on September 30, 1975 at the Five and Dime in the small town of McCarthy, Texas. On this date, the members of the "Disciples of James Dean" gather to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the night in which James Dean died in an auto accident. Through scenes in flashback the characters relive the events of that fateful night in 1955 when the idol of their youth crashed his Porsche on a lonely stretch of California highway. Through the course of the evening they each experience painful memories of their past and present, revealing to themselves and to the group a secret pain and a secret strength hidden deep inside.
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