In this play-within-a-play, we see the faded tv starlet Dotty Otley’s production of the farce Nothing On. With the aide of the equally washed up director, Lloyd Dallas, Dotty has assembled a motley crew of second-rate actors for what is meant to be her brilliant last hurrah. As the run of the show begins, it turns out that the action backstage is even more uproarious than the play itself. As the fighting among the cast members becomes more twisted, everything ‘on stage’ begins to unravel.