Hoboken Creator’s Web Series Deals With Big City Dreams, NYC’s Wealthiest Children: Precious Cargo

Hoboken, NJ – A pair of sisters attempts to fulfill their big city dreams while working for “Manhattan’s wealthiest children” in the competitive world of private school admissions.

Absurd stories follow.

That’s the premise of "Precious Cargo,” the brainchild of creators Lauren Singerman - a 10-year Hoboken resident - and Sasha Kaye.

“We were interested in exploring the extreme differences between New Yorkers who have it all and those just struggling to get by, but toiled with how we could tell that story in a new way,” Singerman said. “Our experience as tutors seemed a perfect jumping-off point into a fictionalized world that we could use to tell that story.”

The show’s creators took a grassroots approach, raising funds through crowdfunding campaigns and shooting the entire series on location in and around New York City at apartments, houses, offices, and bars belonging to friends and family.

Here’s how the creators described their new web series:

“The series centers on Lisa (Singerman), a fiercely goal-oriented, Type-A aspiring actor who risks her own reputation at her “day job” to help her free-spirited sister, Sandy (Kaye), secure work at elite tutoring company - Tomorrow's Child of the Future.  Lisa is surprised to find that the usually unreliable Sandy is suddenly in high demand for her playful and creative teaching methods. Sandy’s rising popularity puts Lisa’s job in jeopardy and adds yet another layer of competition between the siblings.”

The new web series is due to premiere on June 13 and will be available to stream online here.

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