Fractured is the story of two young people: Nadia, who has been severely depressed from a young age, and Aidan, their best friend who prides herself in her ability to take care of them. The show begins with Nadia dying by suicide while Aidan is away at school and deals with the aftermath of Nadia’s death. Nadia is present on stage, existing in a dark reflection of the living world (much like the mirror world in her favourite book, Alice Through the Looking Glass), as she desperately tries to lead Aidan to the suicide note she addressed to her but that was found by Alison, Nadia’s mother, first. Despite her child's death, Alison is frantically trying to keep up the outward image of a perfect family—an image that certainly does not include a suicide note with no mention of herself—and decides to keep the note from Aidan. Meanwhile, Aidan is equally desperate to discover why Nadia decided to end her life, convinced that there must be a reason she can pinpoint or a person she can blame.

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Fractured addresses the misconception that depression and suicidality always have a direct cause or a simple answer, when in reality, there is often no easy fix to these issues. It also delves into how one’s ability to make art or be creative can be influenced by one’s mental state—particularly a negative mental state—by showing how Aidan, a trained dancer, loses the will to dance while processing her grief. Finally, Fractured is a story about the importance and complexity of found family when one’s biological family isn’t loving and supportive, and it aims to center friendship as a relationship that can be just as vital to a person’s life as a romantic one, a concept that is rarely represented in media.