A young woman from a small town in Iowa, Margie Chizek, arrives in Los Angeles deeply scarred by certain events in her childhood and profoundly obsessed with a life-long dream of achieving fame and stardom. After a series of difficult and sometimes comic struggles--including a failed audition for the "part of a lifetime" in a local play--she literally bumps into a self-styled "major producer/manager" who, together with his personal and professional partner, takes her under his wing. As Margie’s fate seems to have suddenly changed and her goal appears finally within reach, her romantic involvement with an exciting, complex up-and-coming young actor challenges her--and our--ideas of success, fame and love.