Mild-mannered sisters Martha and Abby Brewster live in their spacious Victorian home in a quiet neighborhood in Brooklyn with an eccentric nephew, Teddy. Famed for their hospitality, Martha and Abby are adored by their neighbors and frequently entertain guests. But when their other nephew, Drama critic Mortimer, arrives to announce his engagement but discovers his aunts’ macabre secrets, a hilarious chain of events ensue in this character-driven farce.