Tyrone's high school drama club is holding auditions for their first Shakespeare production. The new drama teacher has chosen The Scottish Play. As he and his best friend Oscar prepare for the audition, they discuss the fact that, since they are sophomores, they don't have a chance at any of the leading roles. Tyrone's mother, aunt, and grandmother try to encourage Tyrone to raise his expectation by proclaiming three surprising predictions. At the audition, Tyrone is overcome with a level of ambition and desire he never fathomed he had. He betrays Oscar, who comes back to haunt Tyrone in one of his auditions scenes. He allows himself to be manipulated by Sky, the queen of the "untouchable" girls, who is ruthless in in her desire to obtain the role of Lady Macbeth. Tyrone manages to gain the attention of the new drama teacher, and has a good chance of being cast in the role of Macbeth.

After opening up to his father about his fears of being cast in the lead role, Tyrone learns a few family secrets that explain a lot about the bizarre behavior over the past few days.  This play is written for high school student actors to perform for a high school audience. The main objective is to provide students a chance to perform full Shakespeare scenes within the context of a present-day situation, in order gain an understanding of the intention in Shakespeare's writing.