Two men putting on a production for their New York theater company seek out a legendary, elderly actor, but upon finding him, they meet a man as dilapidated as the theater he once worked for.

An elderly shopkeeper tells a customer about his experiences as a prominent actor's understudy for various decades. The customer witnesses how the old man's obsessions with his unfulfilling acting career still occupy his everyday thoughts and behaviors.

In 2060, playwright and actor Jacoby Cass creates theater performances you can step inside of - but the competitive, edgy cast members of his latest work may reenact a murder in more ways than one.

A former theater worker recalls touring Ireland during a politically tumultuous time and an experience that turned him vegetarian.

An actress rolls through the plan of a rehearsed production while making small mistakes to spite the production team.

A theatre actor visits his aging father in a nursing home after speaking out about the Vietnam War.

When Laura attends a show and is escorted to the "dress circle" seats, she's horrified to discover that she has become part of the performance, whether she likes it or not.

In pre-WWII Paris, a mixed-race, lesbian girl works for room and board in a grotesque theater following her single mother's death. The lead actress, a sexually-submissive woman with an abusive boyfriend, takes her under her wing; however, she proves emotionally manipulative as the girl falls in love with her.

When two actors in New York fall in love and get married not long after World War II, they deal with the failures of their careers and are forced to look outside of the acting industry to make a living.

A young actor tours for two months with a legendary troupe through the Andes, and continues to reflect on it nine years later.