Hollywood, Nebraska
by Kenneth Jones

Name: Hollywood, Nebraska
Brand: Kenneth Jones
SKU: 9780822244851

Hollywood, Nebraska Book Cover — Hollywood, Nebraska Cover

Highlights

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105 mins Present Day Role(s) for Senior Actor(s) Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy

Synopsis

Two fortysomething actresses have returned to their once-thriving hometown in rural Nebraska.

Jane is in from Los Angeles to check on her ailing mom, Alma.

Andrea’s back from New York City to bury her father.

Distracted by two charismatic local men – a handsome widower and a rough-and-ready laborer – the old friends navigate complicated feelings about their careers, love and loss.

Hollywood, Nebraska is a hope-filled, tears-and-laughter comedy about small towns and big dreams, parents and children, the urge to be creative, and the ache – and joy – of coming home.

Press Reviews

"Packing plenty of romance, humor and theatrical references, Hollywood, Nebraska, is a sexy love letter to small towns, and the people who inhabit them. A story that begins in a dying and forgotten town, ends in hopeful reconciliation and creative awareness."
— The Oak Ridger (Tennessee)

"[Jones's] exploration of how small-town generosity and community can also breed insecurities and parochial attitudes will likely resonate."
— NJArts.net

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Alma seventies or older, a housewife, mother of Jane. Homespun, likable, lonely, brooding on past hurt, eager for renewal. White.	female	—	seventies or older, a housewife, mother of Jane. Homespun, likable, lonely, brooding on past hurt, eager for renewal. White.
Jane forties, an L.A. actress. Unpretentious, unfiltered, chilly but not unkind, California cool. White.	female	—	forties, an L.A. actress. Unpretentious, unfiltered, chilly but not unkind, California cool. White.
Andrea forties, a New York actress. Pretentious, unfiltered, New Yorky, darkly comic, sexy, hurt, lost, a proficient singer. Any race.	female	—	forties, a New York actress. Pretentious, unfiltered, New Yorky, darkly comic, sexy, hurt, lost, a proficient singer. Any race.
Katie fifteen, Robert’s daughter. Eager, curious, starstruck wannabe actress, a good kid. Any race.	female	—	fifteen, Robert’s daughter. Eager, curious, starstruck wannabe actress, a good kid. Any race.
Lance thirties, a carpenter/contractor. Guileless blue-collar guy with hidden talents, sincere, uncomplicated, sexy, comic. Any race.	—	—	thirties, a carpenter/contractor. Guileless blue-collar guy with hidden talents, sincere, uncomplicated, sexy, comic. Any race.
Robert late forties/early fifties, a carpenter/contractor. Decent blue-collar man of few words, a catch, a widower ready to connect. Any race.	—	—	late forties/early fifties, a carpenter/contractor. Decent blue-collar man of few words, a catch, a widower ready to connect. Any race.