Population 8 is a rich slice-of-life piece detailing the deceptively simple existence of the remaining eight citizens on the dying plains of the fictional Loki, North Dakota. Rooted in the historic reality that has plagued one of our nation's least populous state, the story is one of survival, isolation, home, love, and hope. Eight becomes nine, then eight again, and continues to dwindle beyond that, as the Loki Eight are made to accept the truth of what lies ahead.
PLAYWRIGHT
Nicholas Gray is a graduate of the Emerson College Honors Program with a Bachelor's Degree in Television/Video Production. His first screenplay, Pedestrian, has been optioned for production by Southern Gothic Productions (Producers: Hilarie Burton (One Tree Hill), Kelly Tenney), and is currently in preproduction. His short film, The Devil's Greatest Wile, is in preproduction. In development are a second screenplay, The Dying Words Of Edison Strange, a high concept television drama, The New Gothic, and a second television drama, Gazette. Gray interned at Bernard Telsey Casting in New York City. He presently works as a theater critic for Star News, a subsidiary of The New York Times. Gray is an actor and director, having most recently directed Evil Dead: The Musical for City Stage in Wilmington, NC, where he currently resides. Population: 8 is his first play.
