A sitcom drama centered on unlikely friendship.DAY BY DAY
At an Ivy League (predominantly white institution), six students of color (and one white girl) all from different majors and backgrounds find unlikely friendship as they navigate identity, romance, and the messy process of learning to take life day by day.
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MEET THE CAST
MEET THE CAST
Dayenna Woods
Day is warmth, chaos, and heart all wrapped into one overthinking, overly-caring human being. She’s a writer who lives in her head, constantly narrating her own life while trying to figure out what she’s supposed to be doing with it. She’s bounced between majors more times than she’ll admit, not because she’s lost, but because she wants everything—every version of herself, every future, every possibility.
She loves deeply and loudly. She cooks for people when she doesn’t know how else to help. She stress-bakes even though she’s terrible at baking. She cries at movies, commercials, and small moments. She hates contacts, loves musicals, breaks into random accents, and finds comfort in routines like making breakfast or rewatching Mamma Mia. She’s the kind of person who believes in love at first sight, goes all out for holidays/birthdays, and tiny acts of kindness, even when life keeps proving her wrong.
Day is the emotional center of the group—the mediator, the listener, the one who notices when someone’s off. She’s sunshine with cracks in it. Optimistic, anxious, romantic, and always trying to hold herself together while quietly falling apart.
Similar Characters: Rapunzel, Little Miss Sunshine,Jessica Day, Katara
Raima Ashkrinan
Raima runs on caffeine, stress, and pure spite. A pre-med student with zero chill, she survives on coffee, energy drinks, and adrenaline, bouncing between brilliance and burnout. She’s brutally honest, wildly intelligent, and has absolutely no filter. If she thinks it, she’ll say it.
She’s chaotic in the best and worst ways—her room is clean, her life is not. She eats like trash, studies like a machine, and somehow excels at everything she touches, which only makes her more annoying. She hates children but wants to be a gynecologist. She claims she doesn’t care about people, but she’s the first one to show up when someone’s spiraling.
Raima is intense, hilarious, deeply loyal, and the kind of friend who will read you to filth and then defend you with her life. She’s the type to roast you mercilessly and then defend you without hesitation. A walking contradiction: emotionally distant, yet deeply attached; chaotic, yet intensely driven.
Mateo Alvarez
Mateo is a former football player who doesn’t know who he is without the game. Once confident and coasting on athletic success, an injury pulled the rug out from under him, leaving him lost, defensive, and quietly panicking about his future. He pretends he doesn’t care, hides behind jokes, and tells exaggerated stories about himself—half to entertain, half to protect his pride.
He’s shy in ways people don’t expect, awkwardly soft beneath the frat-boy exterior. He likes routine, hates confrontation, and doesn’t know what he wants to do with his life now that football is gone. His connection with Day sneaks up on him—gentle, confusing, and emotional in a way he’s not prepared for.
Mateo is all unspoken feelings, late-night conversations, and moments he doesn’t know how to name yet.
Desiree Jarine
Desiree walks into a room like she owns it. Raised with all brothers, she’s confident, blunt, and completely unapologetic about who she is. She says what she means, means what she says, and doesn’t bend herself to make anyone comfortable. Maybe its the Island girl in her
She’s a criminal psychology major with a sharp eye for people and a sharper tongue. Physical affection is her love language—she sits on laps, holds hands, leans into people without thinking. She’s stylish, expressive, and fully aware of her presence. Underneath the confidence is someone deeply loyal and girly.
Desiree doesn’t change for anyone. You take her as she is, or you don’t get her at all.
Ahmeer Bakhar
Ahmeer is a privleged golden-boy wrapped in charm and intelligence. Born into generational wealth—oil money, old money—he’s never had to worry about survival, but he’s always been starved of emotional connection. His parents were distant, success-driven, and cold, leaving him to grow up polished but lonely.
He’s pre-law, hyper-competitive, and devastatingly smart. He knows he’s attractive and uses it, but beneath the confidence is someone deeply insecure and emotionally stunted. He flirts, jokes, and provokes because it’s easier than being vulnerable. His rivalry with Desiree is fueled by mutual respect and unspoken tension.
Ahmeer is the kind of person who’s had everything except love—and it shows.
Noah Xio
Noah is quiet, guarded, and deeply uncomfortable with physical affection. He hates vegetables, avoids confrontation, and never admits when he’s wrong. He’s introverted to the core, preferring logic and solitude over emotional messiness.
He’s an engineering major who thinks in systems, not feelings, and often struggles to articulate what he’s experiencing. Beneath the reserved exterior is someone sensitive and childlike. He’s definitely the baby of the group and the kind of person who shows love through consistency rather than words.
Stephanie Lavinski
Stephanie is country club, plantation, old-money rich and loud (and wrong). She grew up with money, confidence, and zero awareness of how that affects others—but she’s not malicious, just oblivious. She’s outspoken, opinionated, and sometimes says the wrong thing with the right intentions.
She’s fiercely loyal, stick up for her friends, and surprisingly progressive, and will absolutely go balistic for the people she loves. She leans into her identity, even when it makes others uncomfortable, and refuses to shrink herself to be more palatable.
Stephanie is chaos, privilege, and sincerity all rolled into one.
