A young comedian takes a job as assistant to her Comic heroine in hopes of it fast-tracking her ambitions, only to find she must struggle to break through her idol’s insecurities and demons in the twilight of her career.

young comedian, Penelope ‘ Penn’ Tanenbaum, quits her day job as an entertainment journalist to work for her comic idol, only to find herself trapped between obscurity and stardom. Penn perseveres and triumphs over her domineering mentor and, once successful, discovers the way up is also the way down.