The protagonist of Patriot is an American intelligence agent who has to go on an undercover mission disguised as an employee of an industrial plumbing company in order to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), incompetent government agencies and the cumbersome day-to-day work of plumbing companies are all difficulties he needs to overcome. The intelligence agent, John Tovner, is played by Daybreakers star Michael Dorman; Lost star Terry O'Quinn plays his father, who is head of intelligence at the State Department; and Manhattan Project star Michael Michael Chernus plays his brother, a young congressman. The Weather Man screenwriter Stephen Conrad (Steven Conrad) will direct and write the play.