America, I Have a Life is the comedic tale of a melodramatic substitute teacher who, after an unsuccessful decade trying to make it on Broadway, attempts to create a reality television show about her life to prove she8217s happy being single and thirty with an atypical life path Amy McNabb is a dramatic idealist who8217s given up hope her dreams will ever come to pass8230almost After a decade of trying to hack it as an actress on Broadway, she moves home to Philadelphia, broke, unemployed, and deflated She begrudgingly takes a job substitute teaching and applies to graduate school, afraid it might be time to grow up, get practical, and get a 8220real job 8221 But frustrated that her life choices aren8217t deemed satisfying or successful by societal standards, she decides to create a reality TV show about her life to prove to the world she has one and to prove to herself she has what it takes to be a professional entertainer What follows is a series of melodramatic monologues, embarrassing encounters, and some surprising moments of total transparency 8211 all caught on film But Amys idealistic enthusiasm only takes her so far before she runs into the practical obstacles of accomplishing such a feat and her fear of more rejection, which might be greater than her belief in herself An homage to the early aughts, America, I Have a Life pays tribute to a time not that long ago when the way we communicated was rapidly changing: people still made phone calls, left voicemails, used actual cameras, and there were also only a handful of reality television shows But perhaps the greatest difference? The early 2000s were still a time when not just anyone could be a star or at least not everyone thought they could beAmerica, I Have a Life is a laughoutloudneversaydiegiveityourallonelasttime tale for anyone who8217s ever dreamed an impossible dream