It was written by David Bridel, a past Dean of the USC School of Dramatic Arts.
The plot centers around Isabella Andreini's joining of the group in its early days, elevating them from poor street performers to massive success with her acting and poetry, and the revolutionary act of allowing a woman to perform onstage.
Their attention earns them the patronage of the Duke of Mantua and their official adoption of the I Gelosi title.
The play ends with Isabella dying, and the troupe being disbanded, their success lost and returning to poverty.
The play is a fictitious account of the troupe, with the plot elaborating and dramatizing facts of the company's travels.