U.S. Drag
by Gina Gionfriddo

Two young women in Manhattan seek love and happiness, but they’ll settle for rent money.

Along the way, they volunteer for a community advocacy group called SAFE (“Stay Away From Ed”) named for an elusive serial attacker terrorizing the city.

There’s also a hefty reward for his capture.

Their new circle of “friends” includes their ruthless, socially stunted roommate; the celebrated author of a fictional memoir; a lonely man who feels a kinship with crime victims; and a mousy “Ed survivor,” reveling in her fifteen minutes of dubious fame.

Everybody is looking for salvation in the arms of another in a group where no one has very much to give.

And who is this “Ed” anyway?

No one’s ever seen his face, and everyone onstage is beginning to act eerily “Ed-like” in this edgy comedy in pursuit of a killer.