Rhode Island International Film Festival 2009

Inspired by The Wizard of Oz, New York transforms into Emerald City to four Kansas City transplants. Set on Dorothy Place in Astoria, Queens, the roommates follow the yellow train home to discover hope in themselves and their city. Thom, our Dorothy, is a newly single, bright-eyed, production assistant that discovers NYC in a second "coming out party." Direct from the three-day engagement of the off-off Broadway production of My Big Fat Gay Irish Wedding, Jimboy, the brainless, dancing Scarecrow, pursues a career to become the first white boy rap superstar. Anisha, a boyfriend finding obsessed, type A personality Tinman, searches for a heart by quickly stalking boys on Myspace and working their interests into conversation. Finally, Callie, a Whiskey drinking "bitch ass bitch' is our Cowardly Lion. Although she can have a vibrato roar, she lacks the courage to pursue her career as an actress. After a day joined by a Lindsay Lohan impersonator, shirtless male models, and a "Naked Stranger" who's not sure who he slept with the night before, the New York family questions, "Did we do the right thing by moving here?" In the end, they agree. "We know we did & It's the beginning of the beginning."