Henry's dream is to be a playwright. In the course of 24 hours, he loses his day job for spending too much time working on his latest play, his lead actors back out for a better gig elsewhere, and his fiancé kicks him out of their apartment and entertains delaying the wedding for fear he isn't ready to commit. With nowhere to go, he moves his things into the theater he's already put down a deposit for. The theater owner tells him the box office has to be open otherwise he can't stay. Slowly but surely people start buying tickets and watch Henry live his life on stage believing it to be an "avant garde", "chic", "powerful", one man show.