The Dream Coast
by John Steppling

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45 minsUnit Set/Multiple SettingsAmerican

Synopsis

THE STORY: The play begins in the grubby Los Angeles apartment of Wilson, an aging landlord who was once involved in the motion picture industry but is now considering torching his decrepit building for the insurance money.

Wilson, a closet homosex

Press Reviews

"A disturbing revealing and totally absorbing study of the “underside” of glamorous Los Angles. ”Steppling's vision is his own, and his dramaturgy has been honed and etched to precise conventions that draw us in and hold us fascinated.“ —Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. ”…contains the kind of insight and personal vision of which true theatre is made, and his singular, inimitable approach may well be one of the paths future playwrights might follow. He is an original.“ —Drama-Logue. ”There is something compelling about his work that keeps you staring, voyeur-like, as his characters sink deeper and deeper into the urban slime."

— San Francisco Chronicle

Publication

Year1987
BindingPaperback
Pages72
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780822203308
ISBN-100822203308

The Dream Coast is a American play written by John Steppling and published by Dramatists Play Service (1987).

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