So, you want to be a star ....

A life in the arts isn't always
what it seems.

Ella and Grayson have struggled as actresses in New York for over a decade, but now, both in their thirties, each has come to understand that unless her fortunes change she is bound to be a failure. One of them will adhere to her ideals of artistic integrity and continue the struggle, certain that in the end talent and perseverance will be rewarded. The other will desperately grab at a chance to realize her dreams by compromising her ideals in a way she had never thought she could. In the end, one of them will reach the pinnacle of success as the other declines into everything she had dreaded.