Ostracized at her posh new uptown school and shaken by the death of her beloved grandmother, a 10-year-old downtown girl finds an unlikely mentor in an irascible chess master, who uses the game to teach Max lessons in resilience, perseverance, and how to embrace inevitable change.
Kimberly Quinn
Laura Langer

Rachel Dratch
Aunt Diane

Olympia Dukakis
Yaya

Tovah Feldshuh
Blackstone Head of School