In 1951, at an inn on the Mendocino County coast, Doris, a 24-year-old housewife from Oakland, meets George, a 27-year-old accountant from New Jersey at dinner. They have a sexual tryst, and despite the fact that both are happily married with six children between them, agree to meet every year at the same hotel for one night together.

The film jumps forward 5 years at a time, episodically chronicling their time together, the changes each goes through, their respective marriages, and their deepening connection. In 1966, for example, George, now middle-aged and dressed in a suit, is shocked when Doris arrives in denim and wearing her hair to her waist, having enrolled in UC Berkeley and become ardently leftwing. George, meanwhile, reveals his newfound conservatism as a result of his son's having been killed in Vietnam the previous year.

At their meeting in 1977, George tells Doris that his wife, Helen, died unexpectedly earlier in the year, and that Helen revealed to a friend that she had known of the affair for ten years, but never told George she knew. Now a widower, George proposes to Doris, who refuses to accept because of her loyalty to, and respect for, her husband. Dejected, George leaves, but quickly returns, and they promise to continue the affair as long as they are able.

Bailey Theatre Company (BTC) was incorporated in the state of Colorado on May 13, 2020, and was recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) charity on July 13, 2020. Bailey Theatre Company (BTC) was born out of many conversations with local business owners and community members. Over several years these conversations always lead to one thing: Bailey needs something that will entertain the locals and get people driving on US Highway 285 to stop and enjoy the town. The conclusion was that a theatre would do both. 

Bailey Theatre Company's (BTC) mission is to create a theatre that educates, entertains and inspires through classes and quality productions in Bailey, Colorado. We will produce quality entertainment using Colorado actors, directors, stage managers, designers and technicians.

We will help to create new works using Colorado playwrights, as well as emerging playwrights throughout the country, to foster new works that the audience will enjoy. In addition, we will recreate the classics, so they are reborn and lovingly re-imagined for a new generation. We will work together with the Bailey community and Park County to expand our audience and to make live theater central to Bailey's identity. We welcome diverse perspectives and lively debate in a climate that is open to everyone who wants to pursue a career in theatre.