The life of Linda Sinclair, a 40-year-old unmarried high school English teacher in a small town, takes an unexpected turn when former student Jason Sherwood returns home after trying to make it as a playwright in New York.
On the verge of abandoning art and pressured by his father to face reality and go to law school, Linda decides to mount his play – a dark, angst-ridden, ambitious work – as a Kingston High production, with flamboyant drama teacher Carl Kapinas directing.
With the play, her reputation, and teaching career on the line, Linda finds an unlikely ally in herself. Amidst the ruins of her formerly perfect life, can she find a way to her own unique storybook ending?
It stars Julianne Moore, Greg Kinnear, Nathan Lane, Michael Angarano and Lily Collins.
