About the series
The director of the Tula Youth Theater stages a truly fiery premiere… and ends up in prison for burning down the theater. The only way to get out early is to stage "Romeo and Juliet" with a troupe made up of inmates and guards. The irreconcilable feud between the two clans turns rehearsals into absurd brawls and the stage into a battlefield. What's more, Shakespeare offers a chance at freedom not only to the director, but also to the newly minted actors, who are secretly planning an escape....