An aspiring actress moves from her hometown of Brewster, New York, to try to make it big in New York City, having to take several offbeat "temp" jobs to support herself in between her various auditions and bit parts.

Ann Marie is a struggling actress living in New York City. In between trying to find jobs acting and modeling she has time for her boyfriend, Don Hollinger, and her dad, Lew Marie.—Katie <[email protected]>

From the small town of Brewster in upstate New York, Ann Marie has just moved to New York City on her own to pursue an acting career, much to the chagrin of her overprotective parents, Lew and Helen Marie, who see both Ann's chosen career and New York City as no place a young woman like Ann should navigate on her own. As Ann goes on one audition after another, sometimes getting the job but more often not, Ann has to decide if any acting role is worth it in the long term trajectory of the serious actress she sees herself as being, the alternative often being the need to pursue non-acting jobs figuratively to put food on the table. In the process of living her New York City life, Ann meets Donald Hollinger, a magazine writer, the two who fall for each other. Don is another aspect of New York that Lew in particular doesn't like, as although he knows deep down that Don is a good guy, no man is good enough in Lew's eyes for his daughter. In addition, Don, of his own doing, seems often to place himself in a bad light to Lew.—Huggo