The film is dedicated to the entrance exams at the school-studio. Nemirovich-Danchenko at the Moscow Art Theater. Gorky: consultations with applicants, classes with a speech therapist, tests in dance and vocal, interviews with applicants to clarify the general cultural level and public interests of applicants. The work of the examination committee. The film includes teachers' stories about the tasks and difficulties of admission to theater schools. Among the participants in the film: n. but. USSR A.I.Stepanova, professor V.Z.Radomyslensky, professor V.P. Markov, professor E.N. Mores, Hon. artist of the RSFSR A.V. Myagkov.