It's 1998, and the staff of the newly re-branded Toronto Art Gallery (TAG) are preparing for an important fundraiser. There's Rachel, a burned-out program coordinator whose narcissistic boss has her contemplating an early defection from the gallery once and for all. Then there's Arthur, a mild-mannered curator who struggles to find his confidence and balance his professional goals with the whimsical demands of a comely donor. Amanda, shaken by unexpected incursions into her own curatorial purview, battles to regain control. Presiding over all is the director, George, whose ambitious expansion plans for the gallery tempt him to dabble in morally questionable behaviour to placate a key patron.
When a scheduling conflict sees TAG committed to a camp for rambunctious children, a tour for art-loving naturists, and a gala for deep-pocketed philanthropists-all on the one calamitous night-egos and ambitions collide, and each member of the team must find a way to withstand the chaos, salvage their reputations, and chart a way forward.
In the Frame is a riotous workplace satire that toys with the machinations of a fictional Toronto gallery and reveals some awkward truths about the Canadian art world in the process.
