Sydney Redd wrote the part of Maisie specifically for Arezu Maghsoudi.
Half of the film was shot on the San Francisco State University campus. The rest was shot near Forest Hill and Chinatown.
The film is a metaphor for coming of age and coping with newly developed insecurities.
Footage was lost for the Abilities Academy mission scene. A skeleton crew and Arezu Maghsoudi who plays Maisie, re-shot a portion of the scene to fill in the gaps. Arezu, Ava Thompson (Rosemary), Avery Stevens (Jillian), and Daniel Rea (Phil), also recorded ADR for the missing footage.
The part of Aaron was originally written as a girl named Caroline.