The Big Time is a coming-of-age story of a young entertainer whose musical family lived on homemade paddle wheel showboats as they roamed the world performing on the streets. Ingrid danced in two traveling Mexican circuses, sang in the grandest locations around the world, and was a bandleader in New York City, all by the age of 20. Based in New Orleans, she spent her life training to be a contender in traditional jazz on an international platform. But, midway through her adulthood, she developed a drinking problem that led to the downfall of her marriage and career, and threatened her very existence. Journey with her through it all as she comes out on the other side into sobriety.