Zoe Ziegler's on-screen acting debut. According to Annie Baker, Ziegler was not cast in the lead role of Lacy until about a month before shooting began.
This film features little to no non-diegetic music, meaning all of the featured music is plausibly produced / heard by the characters themselves.
Director Annie Baker and star Julianne Nicholson grew up in the Medford, Massachusetts area, which is also where the film takes place. Neither of them knew this fact about each other until a random conversation they were having.
At 88 minutes, the TV theme song playing is from the series "Clarissa Explains It All."
George Marshall: As the caller in the contra dance scene, which was filmed at the Guiding Star Grange in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Marshall has called contra dances at that location for decades, including the period during which the film is set. This film is Marshall's first and only screen appearance.