SHELTER IN PLACE

A SCREENPLAY BY GORDON BLITZ

Shelter
in Place

Six strangers.
Two rooms.
No explanation.

ENTER THE STORY

WHEN THE OUTSIDE WORLD CLOSES IN

01THE LOCKDOWN

A crisis with no instructions

No one knows
why they’re here.

When a sudden security lockdown traps six strangers inside two public restrooms—three women in one, three men in the other—the forced confinement cracks open the private lives they’ve worked hard to contain.

But something mysterious is going on and the six people have no idea why they have to remain in restrooms.

THE LOCKDOWN HOLDSTHE STORIES OPEN
02INSIDE THE ROOMS

Six lives,
coming into view.

Two rooms become the setting for what has stayed unspoken.

ROOMA

THREE WOMEN · CONFESSION, CONFLICT, SOLIDARITY

On the women’s side

On the women’s side, Grace, Margie, and Ronnie navigate crisis through confession, conflict, and unexpected solidarity.

01

Grace

Grace wrestles with the possibility of a double mastectomy and her fear of losing both her identity and intimacy.

02

Margie

Margie, a nurse with boundless empathy, reveals the painful truth behind her unexpected pregnancy and the collapse of her marriage.

03

Ronnie

Ronnie, a cosmetics professional fired for her brutal honesty, masks her insecurity with relentless critique.

ROOMB

THREE MEN · SHAME, APPETITE, GRIEF

On the men’s side

On the men’s side, Mason, Grant, and Luke confront the emotional terrain they’ve long avoided.

04

Mason

Mason hides profound shame behind stoicism and “masculine” performance.

05

Grant

Grant’s compulsive vomiting exposes the bulimia he’s never admitted aloud.

06

Luke

Luke, a librarian with scars he keeps hidden beneath his sleeves, struggles to speak the grief he carries.

03WHAT REMAINS

The hours pass

A place
to stop hiding.

As hours pass and the lockdown intensifies, both rooms become unlikely sanctuaries—spaces where gendered expectations dissolve and vulnerability becomes unavoidable.

Through confession, humor, discomfort, and revelation, these six strangers discover that the hardest place to hide is from themselves.