Haunted by her past, struggling film photographer Jade travels from New York City to her hometown in the California desert to reunite with her first love Ryan, from whom she’s been estranged for over a decade, to restage a portrait of him. While the two reconnect at their local diner, reminiscing about the past and skimming the details of the present, Jade becomes overwhelmed by a slew of repressed memories. Once she takes the photo she’s come for, which just might be the skeleton key to moving on from her former life, Jade confronts Ryan about the sexual assault that ended their relationship, the psychological burden she’s carried with her, and the limits of forgiveness.

How do women navigate their own agency and guilt? What is the difference between honoring the past and letting it subsume us? How can you hold the desire to forgive someone you love and the need to hold them accountable?

Director Biography - Molly Ehrenberg-Peters

Molly Ehrenberg-Peters is an English director, producer, and actor living in New York. In the Dark is her directorial debut. Molly has produced works for both the stage and screen, including theatrical productions Dear Annie, I Hate You..., which premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2024, and Conor Macpherson's The Night Alive at the Chain Theatre in New York, as well as the independent web series Trauma School. As an actor, Molly has trained in the three-year programme at the Stella Adler Studio in New York City, the East 15 Acting School in London, and with the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. Acting credits include Anne Frank: A Life In Hiding (BBC) and several radio dramas for BBC Radio 4.