Johnny and his sister Susie are swindlers who plan to sell the fashion-obsessed Emperor Pantaloon a set of clothes that "only wise and worthy people can see." But things get complicated when Susie falls for the Prince and Johnny butts heads with Pennyloaf, the Mistress of the Revels. Add a friendly dog and some audience members who keep interrupting the play and you have the wackiest and most fabulous fable of all time