Feeling stuck, Los Angeles natives, Georgina, Brady, and son Oliver Mulligan each have a plan to make their dreams of a better life come true. Can they put their past issues behind them and work together or will they just continue to do the same things that keep them stuck where they are?

A black comedy, Dead Wait: A Journey in Afro-Existentialism tells the story of a modern all- American family. People who love each other but still wrestle with basic human fears: abandonment, poverty, death, and Los Angeles traffic. It's a Lil' bit of...A Raisin in the Sun mixed with a Lil' bit of raising Cane!