Headed by producers Steak House and Dominic Ottersbach, Steakhaus Productions is an award -winning independent film production company dedicated to bringing bold, new visions to movie audiences everywhere. They have over 10 years of experience in production management, line-producing and producing. Specializing in physical production, the company takes projects from paper to distribution by providing comprehensive development, production, post-production and festival strategies. Coordinating experience includes The Matrix Reloaded/Revolutions and several Nickelodeon, Sony and WB cartoon series. Line producing credits include Sunset Strip The Movie, Secret Lives of Dorks for Steven J. Wolfe, and Chain Letter, The Hustle and Nite Tales for Deon Taylor and Jamie Foxx (No Brainer Films). Steakhaus produced the indie favorite By Hook or By Crook, a Sundance premiere and five-time best feature winner. Their films have long enjoyed success on the festival circuit, including LAFF, Tribeca, Outfest and four films at Sundance. Their popular documentary about passionate Dolly Parton fans, For the Love of Dolly, broadcasts on MTV's Logo and is available on DVD from Wolfe Video. Most recently, their indie romantic comedy, Weather Girl, premiered at Slamdance and sold to Screen Media, Regent and Lifetime. They recently completed 6 Month Rule and are in development on a slate of new feature films including Mountainheart with Sally Hawkins, Miranda Richardson, Peter Krause and Paul Schneider; Dish based on the award -winning short film, Dish (Berlin, Slamdance); Two Old Women, a Native American story based on the well-known book which has sold over 1.6 million copies worldwide; Half Truth, a Nicholl semi-finalist and a Netflix "FIND Your Voice" Competition Finalist; and The Summer We Drowned, a Fast Track and Sundance Independent Producers Conference Fellow. Additionally, Dish, Half Truth and The Summer We Drowned were selected for the Film Independent Talent Development Labs in screenwriting, directing and producing.
Robin, who is married to her girlfriend for half a dozen years, and Lacie, someone who never had a lasting relationship, are both cast to play lesbian lovers in a Los Angeles stage play. Innocently, the stage director, Gabriel runs the actresses through a series of rehearsals designed to "bring out the intimacy" in each performer. Soon the two women find themselves increasingly and undeniably attracted to each other and overcome with desire. They must ask themselves whether this relationship is manufactured, created for the sake of the "girl play", or is true love.