A troupe of clowns has not been doing too well lately. Combined with the downhill box financial status- the relationships of the clowns is all messed up. Nobody can stand anybody else in the troupe really. They keep fighting- couples go through their own broken relationships and amidst all of this, the director tries to put up another Shakespeare play.
To make matters even worse, he decides that the men will play women and women, men.
The troupe rebels. But in spite of all their fears, and doubts, they do manage to put up a show eventually, and in the process they discover something new about themselves.