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. The inmate theater is his only ray of hope in a monotonous prison life marked by quiet despair. When Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin, an unpredictable individual, joins the theater program, the group's routine is thrown off balance - because the newcomer insists on staging a comedy.