Annie Adams, born in Utah and a favorite of Brigham Young, is driven by ambition to pursue a career on the stage. She plays mining camps in the west and tawdry theatres throughout the country until she finally arrives in New York City, where it is her daughter, Maude Adams, who becomes the most celebrated actress in America, if not the world. This is a play about dreams and disappointments, a story of what happens when reality collides with desire. It is also a play that rejoices in the humor and absurdity of the theater itself.