When Mona Friedman is cast in a bit part at a small community theater, she transforms from a shy, unassuming housewife into a zealous method actor willing to do anything to protect the artistic integrity of her marginal role—even if it means waging war against the show’s domineering director.

• Topic Studios
• Fruit Tree
• Julianne Moore
• Paul Giamatti
• Halle Bailey
• Colton Ryan
• Eldar Isgandarov
• K. Todd Freeman
• Susan Blommaert
• Jesse Eisenberg