Chautauqua manager Walter Hale and his loyal business manager struggle to keep their traveling troupe together in small-town America.

A traveling Chautauqua show, an educational and entertainment troupe, pitches their tents in a small American town with an ensemble of speakers, lecturers, teachers, musicians, and actors, as manager Walter Hale must deal with a myriad of problems, including small-town prejudice and politics, nepotism, union problems, and a murder.—duke1029