Triple Espresso is a vaudeville style comedy act.

A plot revolves around three show-biz has-beens: lounge singer Hugh Butternut, singer Bobby Bean, and magician Buzz Maxwell. The three gather in a coffeehouse on the 25th anniversary of their first - and last - foray in the entertainment world to re-tell their mediocre show-business careers.

The show's "home base" is the small Music Box Theatre on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis.