Based on the real-life letters between playwright Sarah Ruhl and poet Max Ritvo, Letters from Max is a tender, poetic, and unexpectedly humorous meditation on friendship, art, and mortality. When Max, a brilliant young poet, is faced with the return of his childhood cancer, he and Sarah exchange letters that move beyond mentorship, becoming a profound conversation about the afterlife, legacy, and how we give shape to our fleeting time on earth. Woven with humor and lyricism, Letters from Max is both a love letter to the power of language and a testament to the enduring bonds we create.