Washingtonienne

Washingtonienne is an upcoming HBO comedy series developed by Sarah Jessica Parker.

Cast

Kate Burton (Grey's Anatomy), Rachael Taylor (Transformers), Bitsie Tulloch (Quarterlife, lonelygirl15) and Amanda Walsh (Sons and Daughters, Disturbia) will star in the pilot, which is based on Jessica Cutler's scandalous blog-turned-novel and is executive produced by Sarah Jessica Parker. David Furr has also landed a role on the show, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Jason Dohring (Veronica Mars) has also come on board as Spencer.

Premise

The show will follow the exploits of Jackie (Taylor), who moves to Washington, D.C. to pursue a career as a speechwriter but finds herself in a low-level job as a congressional staffer. She seeks guidance from a college friend (Tulloch) who's living a quiet life with her boyfriend (Furr), who has a professional crush on the senator for whom he works. Walsh will play a workaholic fellow staffer. Dohring 1 will play Spencer, a senior legislative assistant for the same senator for whom Jackie works.

Head Writers Susanna Fogel 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and Joni Lefkowitz 8 appear to be taking Cutler's story in a somewhat different direction. Cutler's blog detailed her [...] conquests (bareback) in D.C., which got her fired after her name was made public and sued for invasion of privacy by one of her supposed former lovers. The show, per the HR, will center on the aforementioned "three smart, sophisticated 28-year-old girls working on the Hill."

In addition to Transformers, Taylor has appeared in Shutter and Bottle Shock. Tulloch's credits include Lakeview Terrace and guest spots on House, Cold Case and Moonlight, while Walsh has guested on "The Big Bang Theory" and "October Road." 9

Fogel and Lefkowitz are Los Angeles-based writers currently writing the remake of "Little Darlings" for producer J.J. Abrams and Paramount Pictures. They have also written an independent film entitled "It Is What It Is," to be produced by Anthony Bregman and Margaret Riley and wrote, produced and star in a web series entitled "Joni and Susanna" for thewb.com. Fogel graduated from Columbia University and Lefkowitz from Mount Holyoke College in 2002.