Local theater diva Vivian Borne and her reluctant daughter Brandy set out to bag the bad actor who brought the curtain down on Louise Lamont, the soap-opera queen guest starring in the Vivian-scripted The Fruitcake That Saved Christmas. At dress rehearsal, the difficult star has a bite of prop fruitcake that has apparently been poisoned with arsenic. Police chief Tony Cassato must deal with a community theater-full of cast and crew suspects.