A New Brain is an insightful and intimate story about one man’s sudden bout of life-threatening illness due to a brain disorder. An autobiographical musical, author and composer William Finn takes us on a surreal and comical journey of healing through the power of art. Gordon Schwinn faces an absurd cast of characters and his own mortality while awaiting brain surgery, as he wrestles with the person he has been, the legacy he will leave behind, and the person he will be if he survives.