The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao follows Oscar, a self-described nerd from New Jersey with dreams of becoming a writer and finding love, as he leaves home for his first semester at Rutgers alongside his rebellious sister. Shadowing his journey is the fukú — a generational curse that has followed his Dominican family across decades and continents, from Santo Domingo to the United States. The story traces Oscar's pursuit of connection and purpose against the weight of a history he did not choose and cannot easily escape.

Based on Junot Díaz's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, the production adapts a sweeping narrative that moves between New Jersey and the Dominican Republic, spanning generations of a family shaped by love, violence, and survival.