Dreams of Flying Dreams of Falling
by Adam Rapp

Name: Dreams of Flying Dreams of Falling
Brand: Adam Rapp
SKU: 9780573707148

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Highlights

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90 mins Present Day Role(s) for Black Actor(s) Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy

Synopsis

Dr. Bertram and Sandra Cabot invite longtime friends Dirk and Celeste Von Stofenberg to their beautiful Connecticut Gold Coast home in honor of James, the Von Stofenbergs’ only son, who has recently been released from an esteemed private psychiatric hospital.

The feast promises to be delicious, but when Sandra enlists Dirk to help her change the course of her life, the sky turns a strange color, Canadian geese start crashing into the bay window, and the fate of the evening tilts toward an inevitable conclusion that promises to change the lives of all who come to the table.

Press Reviews

"Thoroughly enjoyable...truly fearsome."
— Vulture

"Dark and wild...a sharp and cynical view of an America devouring itself and destroying the natural world."
— Backstage

"Adam Rapp writes funny lines for scary people. That’s not a shabby talent and it’s on smart display in Dreams of Flying Dreams of Falling."
— Variety

"Playfully horrifying, socio-political, stylishly surreal, black comedy... it is devilishly funny and deviously profound."
— CurtainUp

"The most brazenly bizarre thing [Adam Rapp has] ever done... if you want to watch end times in New England, this show gives you front-row seats."
— The New York Post

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
SANDRA CABOT (pronounced “Saundra”) – White, older-middle-aged, very fit, sexy, cutthroat.	—	—	CABOT (pronounced “Saundra”) – White, older-middle-aged, very fit, sexy, cutthroat.
WILMA An African American woman of thirty.	female	—	An African American woman of thirty.
DIRK VON STOFENBERG – a vigorous fifty-ish dealmaker. Fit and handsome, possesses a thick head of hair, looks younger than his age. DR. BERTRAM CABOT (	male	—	VON STOFENBERG – a vigorous fifty-ish dealmaker. Fit and handsome, possesses a thick head of hair, looks younger than his age. DR. BERTRAM CABOT (
BERT ) – Sandra’s husband. White, balding with wisps of hair.	male	—	) – Sandra’s husband. White, balding with wisps of hair.
CORA (Bert's daughter) CABOT – Sandra and Bert's daughter. Twenty-six, tall, oddly beautiful. A bit ghostly.	female	—	CABOT – Sandra and Bert's daughter. Twenty-six, tall, oddly beautiful. A bit ghostly.
CELESTE (Dirk's Wife) VON STOFENBERG – Dirk's Wife. Fifty-ish, sweet. Her beauty is slightly obscured by her shyness.	female	—	VON STOFENBERG – Dirk's Wife. Fifty-ish, sweet. Her beauty is slightly obscured by her shyness.
JAMES (Celeste's son) VON STOFENBERG – Dirk and Celeste's son. Thirty, a bit forlorn-looking and haunted. Uses a cane and walks with a limp.	male	—	VON STOFENBERG – Dirk and Celeste's son. Thirty, a bit forlorn-looking and haunted. Uses a cane and walks with a limp.