An Illusion in Red & White is the story of a farming family in the back woods of Upstate New York in the late 1880’s. One day, the father, Jones, inexplicably kills his wife at the breakfast table in front of their two children, Freddy & Lucy, then returns after burying the corpse claiming that it wasn’t him who did it, but a man with red hair, big white teeth and white hands. Freddy, the timid eight-year-old son begins to question this, but his memory of the tragic event becomes unclear when his usually stern father becomes caring and affectionate, until he’s unsure what the truth actually is. Based off the short story written by renowned American author Stephen Crane (The Red Badge of Courage).