If you can imagine "All My Children" crossed with "Saturday Night Live", you will have an idea of how this play works.... More > "Irrational Dreams" contains many plot elements of the 'traditional' soap opera - adultery, blackmail, budding romances, turbulent careers, etc. - only for comedic effect, rather than the melodrama of the TV soap. The setting is modern-day Los Angeles, and many of the central characters work in the movie industry. NOTE: this is an acting edition; a reading edition will be made available on or around Christmas 2005. < Less

"Irrational Dreams" is one of the few comedic soap operas available in print. This play, concerning the movie industry in... More > Los Angeles, was produced in an off-off-Broadway workshop by the Rising Sun Performance Company in New York City in 2004. The play's thirty-three scenes use the plot devices of the 'traditional' soap - blackmail, adultery, turbulent careers, budding romance, etc. - only with a satirical-humorous tone, as opposed to the melodrama of the TV soap opera. Note that this is a reading edition of "Irrational Dreams" - a theatrical version (for professional use) is also available on lulu.com (# 183850). < Less

"Irrational Dreams" is one of the few comedic soap operas available. This play, concerning the movie industry in Los... More > Angeles, was produced in an off-off-Broadway workshop by the Rising Sun Performance Company in New York City in 2004. The play's thirty-three scenes use the plot devices of the 'traditional' soap - blackmail, adultery, turbulent careers, budding romance, etc. - only with a satirical-humorous tone, as opposed to the melodrama of the TV soap opera. < Less

"Irrational Dreams" is one of the few comedic soap operas available in print. This play, concerning the movie industry in... More > Los Angeles, was produced in an off-off-Broadway workshop by the Rising Sun Performance Company in New York City in 2004. The play's thirty-three scenes use the plot devices of the 'traditional' soap - blackmail, adultery, turbulent careers, budding romance, etc. - only with a satirical-humorous tone, as opposed to the melodrama of the TV soap opera. Note that this is a reading edition of "Irrational Dreams" - a theatrical version (for professional use) is also available on lulu.com (# 183850). < Less

If you can imagine "All My Children" crossed with "Saturday Night Live", you will have an idea of how this play works.... More > "Irrational Dreams" contains many plot elements of the 'traditional' soap opera - adultery, blackmail, budding romances, turbulent careers, etc. - only for comedic effect, rather than the melodrama of the TV soap. The setting is modern-day Los Angeles, and many of the central characters work in the movie industry. NOTE: this is an acting edition; a reading edition will be made available on or around Christmas 2005. < Less