William Shumway, a young, idealistic cellular biologist has a brilliant new idea for curing cancer. He gets recruited from relative obscurity to Hill-Matheson, a major cancer research institute, by its charismatic director, Bob Brock, with the offer of his own lab and all the resources he will need to pursue that idea. As the pressure to show publishable results begins to build, fueled by unexpected competition from a rival lab at Oxford and the politically agile head of another department who has resentfully seen his own budget slashed to free up more funding for Shumway’s lab, his research suddenly hits a snag. He is faced with having to choose between full disclosure of the problem, which would jeopardize the funding he needs, and making the more expedient decision to bend the rules just a little, which will buy him enough additional time to solve the problem.

WILLIAM SHUMWAY: Matthew Grand

ROBERT BROCK: Stan Yeend

ALICE CURITON: LeeAnn Ducker

SAUL ROTH: Peter Bolger

Stage Manager: Anna Wong

Technical Director: Alex Woodard

Production Designer: Pam Taylor

Sound Design: Jason Paris

Costume Team: Pat Lach, Sandi King, Pam Taylor, Sue Woodbury