The Handmaid’s Tale, Hulu’s upcoming new series adapted from Margaret Atwood’s classic dystopian 1985 novel, will debut on April 26th.

Directed by Meadowland’s Reed Morano, the drama tells the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, a totalitarian society in what was formerly part of the U.S. Facing environmental disasters and a plunging birthrate, Gilead is ruled by a twisted religious fundamentalism that treats women as property of the state. As one of the few remaining fertile women, Offred (played by Elisabeth Moss) is a handmaid in the Commander’s (Joseph Fiennes) household, one of the caste of women forced into sexual servitude as a last desperate attempt to repopulate a devastated world.

The cast includes Samira Wiley, Max Minghella, Ann Dowd, Madeline Brewer, Yvonne Strahovski and O.T. Fagbenle.