It Girl
6F 4M — Full Length — 120 min
It’s 2002 and rising teen starlet Caitie Clark is a favorite fixture of all the major Hollywood tabloids. As the rumor mill churns with stories of Caitie’s professional and personal troubles, a massive breakdown on set brings her career to a screeching halt. 20 years later, a major streaming corporation seeks to hold us all accountable by revealing the true story of Caitie Clark through a brave and timely biopic. A searing portrait of Hollywood across the last two decades, It Girl examines what it means to be a woman in entertainment: how things have changed and how they haven’t.
Development History
Commissioned through the 2022/2023 Goodman Playwrights Unit, Chicago, IL, September 2022-July 2023
Show Specs
CHARACTERS
ACT ONE / ACT TWO
Caitie Clark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18, she/her, white
(“Riley”)
Jason Walsh / Eric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, he/him, BIPOC
(“Tyler” / assistant)
Ava Ridley / Tina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, she/her, non-Black POC
(“Vicky” / assistant)
Greg Gill / Kyle Fitzgerald . . . . . . . . . . . 50s, he/him, white
(the director / studio exec)
Heather / Margot Vance.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 40s, she/her/white
(1st AD / the director)
Emily / Natalie Brooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30s, she/her, non-Black POC
(PA / ”Ava”)
Lisa / Imogene Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30s, she/her, white
(makeup / screenwriter)
Dylan / Preston Paine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20s, he/him, BIPOC
(2nd AD / ”Jason”)
Jen / Olivia Soto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, she/her, white
(PA / “Caitie”)
Frank / Benny Burke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40s, he/him, white
(DP / ”Greg”)
SETTING:
Act One - Los Angeles, 2002, on set of a day of shooting Make Believe
Act Two - Los Angeles, 2022, a conference room in a streaming studio’s headquarters