This collection of four plays by alfian Sa'at explores the themes that have become a hallmark of the playwright's work: national identity, racial relations, and the resistance of individuals against authoritarian systems. In the Optic Trilogy, the surfacing of buried secrets and repressed memories profoundly alters the way a man and women see each other. In Fugitives, the members of a family discovers that their self-definition relies on their interaction with 'outsiders' who exist beyond their comfort zones. In Homesick, a diasporic Singaporean family, quarantined during the SARS crisis, evaluate the meanings of home. And in sex.violence.blood.gore, the facade of the rigid, orderly society is peeled away to reveal chaotic passion.