Sunlight on the Brink was devised by the ensemble under the leadership of playwright Dara Silverman, who proposed "the intersection of technology, spirituality, and capitalism" as the project's jumping-off point. Over nine months of collaborative creation, the piece grew to explore humanity's responsibility to one another and to the natural world, and the search for meaning in uncertain times.

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Set in the American Southwest after a catastrophic drought forces the evacuation of the West Coast, the play follows four unlikely strangers brought together at a lonely gas station in the desert. As their water supply dwindles, they must decide whether to confront an increasingly uncertain future—or continue denying what has become impossible to ignore.