The RAs(2011)

Six students at an elite performing arts college struggle with sex, drugs and loneliness in 1999.

The RAs is a drama series set in September 1999 at an elite performing arts college in Westchester County, New York. Six junior students navigate the turbulent final months before 9/11, grappling with sex, drugs, dating, loneliness and regret against the backdrop of a generation defined by beepers and chat rooms. The show captures a pivotal cultural moment—in the wake of Columbine, the death of Matthew Shepard, and the Lewinsky scandal—when life felt simpler yet no less complicated. It's a portrait of youth on the cusp of the new millennium, exploring how a close-knit group of aspiring performers cope with the universal struggles of their age, before the world changed forever.