After a prologue in 1661 France with Louis XIV and courtiers tittering, Act 1 is Jackie Siegel's rags-to-riches-rise, how she vowed to get out of her blue-collar town to achieve “Caviar Dreams,” a clunky nod to the glitzy TV show “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.”

In 2012, award-winning documentarian Lauren Greenfield’s film, “ The Queen of Versailles ,” became a Sundance darling.