Walter the Prodigal

In the height of the Jazz Age's obsession with themed revelry, a professional dancer decides to lean into the subversive for a high-society masquerade ball. Clad in the striped garb of a chain-gang convict, he intends to perform a provocative routine that skewers the legal system. However, the performance takes a turn for the surreal when real authorities, hunting a fugitive in the vicinity, mistake his choreographed desperation for the genuine article. What follows is a frantic, kinetic comedy of errors where the boundaries between the ballroom floor and the prison yard blur. Walter Forde navigates a world where his every attempt to prove his identity only further cements his status as a wanted man, turning a night of leisure into a desperate sprint for exoneration.