In 1929, a financially incompetent lodge manager struggles to keep things afloat during the illicit pre-season Spring Fling while he is confronted by an ambitious BOI agent, a wealthy client who sows discontent, his own addiction and the demands of an outrageous array of gay guests.

SYNOPSIS:

Created by T Gordon Stanley and written by Kevin "Vini" Beachem for television, the one hour series ventures back to a time when a special group would venture to remote locales to let their hair down and put their wigs on.

Alvin Silberman needs to make it all work. After a disastrous tourist season at the Pocono Heaven Lodge in 1928, the pressure is on to make the lodge owners happy and financially secure.

In May 1929, he hosts the Fourth Annual Spring Fling, a two-week pre-season event before the good Christian families arrive, where guests can put their wigs on and let their hair down.

His anchor client is Dexter Wellesley, a self-made Wall Street whiz kid who invests heavily in German industrials. He has tremendous leverage over Alvin through his relationship with the lodge owners. Dexter talks Alvin into opening the East Wing of the lodge to gay African American guests, unheard of in the Poconos in the 1920s.

Alvin’s challenge is to run the lodge, keeping the white guests happy in the luxe West Wing while providing a cost effective experience for the African American guests in the East Wing.

His concierge boyfriend, Edwin Pensley, schedules the bulk of services – the spa, the stables, the lake and the swimming pool, for the white guests. Pitiful time slots are allocated to the Black guests to enjoy these services.

The dapper Harlem haberdasher and go-getter, Vermont Lawrence, purchased his new tennis racket in anticipation of a great time. Yet no tennis slots have been allocated for Black guests.

The long time Lodge Mistress, Madeline Sheridan, shows contempt for a young black maid, Penelope Watson, whose rebellious nature allows her to have the upper hand with Madeline.

The theatre becomes a point of contention. This wonderful venue hosts vaudeville performers, acrobatics, amateur nights, jazz, drag balls and dance parties. It is segregated with Whites enjoying speakeasy style seating on the floor with the Black guests relegated to the upstairs gallery.

Alvin finds out his Theater Manager is murdered the day the lodge opens. Flamboyant but inept costumer, Bernie Wexler, attempts to fill the gap with disastrous results, his own performance angering the most important guest, Wellesley.

Alvin has secrets – his addiction to opium, an obligation to mischievous maid Penelope, and a financial obligation to a small time gangster.

To top things off, Bureau of Investigation agent (BOI), Nathaniel Braverman, pushes his boss to allow him to investigate the lodge for illegal alcohol sales, perverse acts and illicit performances, all of which he is strangely seduced by.

And then, a young attractive guest disappears and is later found dead in the lake. Paranoia, intrigue and subversive joy pervade the rest of the Spring Fling.