When she has the chance to go to Hollywood to make films, she doesn't hesitate. On the other hand, Jean is rather easily swayed. The offer of marriage and even film stardom does not lure her away from her dream. As the story, progresses, Terry means what she says. That is all she wants and nothing else will do. Terry is dedicated to acting on the stage. They are the featured characters in 'Stage Door.' Although their goals are ostensibly the same at the beginning of the story, their careers go in vastly different directions. Terry Randall and Jean Maitland are roommates and good friends. The doorbell rings again and the cycle continues. The doorbell rings and Mattie calls upstairs for a girl who comes down to leave. Then it's time for the gentlemen callers to begin arriving. Almost like a sorority house, the girls exchange clothes and fix each other up on blind dates. Some girls eat dinner but others must hurry and get ready for their dinner dates. The traffic of exiting and entering girls is disruptive and seemingly unending. Orcutt, the house matron, and two servants, Mattie and Frank. It is ringing constantly since there are over a dozen girls who live in the house in addition to Mrs. This is 1936 and there is only one telephone in the entire house. Big Mary and Little Mary come home after a long, exhaustive day beating their feet on the sidewalks of New York, trying but failing to get in to see an agent or entertainment manager. She plays at the Wintergarden and she is focused on honing her art to perfection.

One girl, Olga, practices the piano incessantly no matter who is talking or who is coming and going. The scene depicts the utter chaos in which the girls at the Floodlights Club live. The first act opens on the main room of the old house. They sacrifice comfort and security just so they can be near enough to Broadway to audition for the opportunity to get a role, often just a walk on or a bit part. They each must put up with three girls per cramped bedroom while paying a relatively high rent for 1936. The big old house is run down and overly crowded.

The women do not live in the best conditions. Kaufman and Edna Ferber is the story of a group of young girls who live together in a big house in New York City called 'The Floodlights Club.' It is a house for young women from other cities and states who come to New York City with stars in their eyes.

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