New York City
Evan Wyler, young New York writer, defined by the media as the hottest young thing-of-the-moment, captures the attention of the apparently rich and obviously affected Alexa Vere de Vere, a fast-talking, yet mysterious woman who wants him to write the screenplay of her life story. Is she handing him the keys to heaven, or leading him down the path of destruction? As Bees in Honey Drown is the winner of the Outer Critics Circle Award and Obie Award.