Playing the Backbeat

Laid off.

Deanna Perry (Dee) is a terrible bartender, but after a ten-minute meeting derailed her career aspirations, she's low on options. Years of hard work, climbing her way to the top in a male-dominated field-gone in a day.

Evicted.

Dylan Brooks has thirty days to find a new apartment. The plan? Couch surfing and storage units. Until Dee suggests they help each other out...temporarily. He needs a place to stay. Dee needs a roommate to help with bills while she finds a new job.

But with their best friends' wedding day fast approaching, the lines begin to blur as sass and sarcasm turn into shared moments of vulnerability, and their temporary agreement starts to feel like a lifeline. With their friendship changing into something more, their agreement to help one another find dates for the upcoming celebration proves to be more difficult than expected.

Dee and Dylan are known for their confidence, endless sense of humor, and loyalty to their friends and loved ones. But when life decides to change the beat, Dee is left struggling with her past, while Dylan fights the same silent battle he always has, forcing them to decide whether they can lean on each other.

Playing the Backbeat is a romantic comedy that tells the story of friends, turned roommates, turned lovers. Dee and Dylan's journey to their happily ever after isn't easy, but neither of them has ever shied away from a challenge...especially when the challenge is each other. Intended for adults (18+ years of age, or legal age of adulthood) due to mature content.