Every year, thousands of high schoolers enter the August Wilson monologue competition for a chance to perform on Broadway. This film follows these students, examining how Wilson and his characters speak to a new generation, inspiring them to listen to his words and find their own voice.
Gary and Ell (a married man with an inferiority complex, and a grieving young widow - respectively) meet on a blind date only to wind up stealing a killer's car along with a dead body and $40,000.