After the curtain has fallen and the applause has died down, John "Divine G" Whitfield returns to his cell in Sing Sing maximum security prison. Here he is serving a long prison sentence for a murder he did not commit. Inmate theater is his only ray of hope in a monotonous prison life marked by quiet despair. Alone on stage, John manages to transport himself for a moment to a place far away from the high walls. When the unpredictable Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin joins the theater program, the group's creative routine is thrown off balance - because the newcomer insists on staging a comedy.