Since the year 2000, the citizens of one town have abandoned nearly fourteen hundred boys in the Utah Desert. Deemed the “Lost Boys of Utah”, Exit 27 is based on their true stories. Merilo’s play follows the journey of four of these “lost boys” to the edge of the desert. Exiled by their families from the only world they’ve known, the boys are forced to rebuild their lives as outsiders. Their only hope for survival? Each other.