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Dolly Rockers, The
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama
Logline:
The Dolly Rockers is a rock 'n roll road movie about an all-girl band chasing a dream down the Trans Canada in the winter of '74.
Synopsis:
Winter, 1974. The Dolly Rockers, an all girl rock band, are about to hit the Trans-Canada in a rusty Econoline to meet an oil rich Calgarian who has promised them a record deal.
For Frankie, the talented lead guitarist with the soul of Jeff Beck, the road trip means escape from her beautiful girlfriend. She is tortured by her homosexuality and heavily into denial. Instead she takes too many drugs, loses herself in her amazing blues-influenced guitar work, and insists the band get on the road. This means taking on Honey, an opinionated small town singer seemingly out of her depth in this heavy duty band.
For Liz, the aging drummer with bad wrists, the trip is an all or nothing bid to relive a moment of lost glory and bury the ghost of her sister, a sixties rock legend who died from an overdose. She fights off the talent scouts who want to sign Frankie, and pulls her sixteen year old niece, Waif, yet again out of school. Waif, the reluctant bassist, is a chain-smoking juvenile cynic -- and the dead sister's daughter.
Add to this mix April Hicks, a sexy Detroit rocker girl turned record company hired gun, who is hot on the band's trail and willing to do whatever it takes to sign Frankie, including exploiting Frankie’s obvious attraction to her.
Life on the road is a comedy of errors, but neither cheating bar managers, booze, drugs, aggressive rival bands, or internal feuding can change the reality that these women belt out powerful and original music. As the band zigzags through freezing cow towns, high schools and beer halls, they ultimately discover the truth about themselves and how far they are willing to go with the Calgary record backer.
Author Info:
COLLEEN CRAIG is a Toronto-based playwright. Her plays have been produced in Toronto, Calgary and Cape Town, South Africa.
COLLEEN CRAIG, Writer
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