It's the opening night, but Alice's performance in the local Bay Area production of 'The Winter's Tale' is far from glamourous. She doesn't have dreams of stardom, but the basement theatre in a wildfire-choked town isn't exactly what she envisioned for her career back home in Los Angeles. To make matters worse, her best friend Sadie is not even coming. Pragmatic, serious Sadie and flighty, creative Alice have been best friends since high school - but now that they are through with college and living on opposite ends of California, Alice would at least expect her friend's support. Sadie, determined not to cancel her plans with her boyfriend, ends up enlisting the help of her mother, Celine.