Each of the characters first name comes from a different director.
Robert Reif wrote the screenplay while undergoing an existential crisis in late 2015 while waiting for an acceptance letter from Sarah Lawrence College and the release of Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), a movie he had been dreaming of since he was six.
Director Robert Reif, producer Genevieve Scott, and actress Lavinia Woods were students of writer/director Rona Mark.
Robert Reif, Genevieve Scott, Michael Hopkins, Harrison O'Clair, Lavinia Woods, and Jen Gouchoe all attend Sarah Lawrence College together.
The crew adopted the name "The Basement Boys" due to the fact that cinematographer/editor Michael Hopkins and sound mixer Harrison O'Clair slept in director Robert Reif's basement during filming.