IN THE ROUND is a fictional story set in the countryside of east central Minnesota. It is told from the point of view of a mostly burned out, increasingly cynical middle aged artist who, twice a week, opens her home studio to teach painting to a smattering of disparate rural adults. A hostile incident between an unstable delivery truck driver and a beloved elderly student upends this tedious environment. With a hint of the supernatural running in the background, the ensuing chain of events is at once sad, hilarious, evocative and uplifting.