THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT BILL MESNIK'S "CALL ME UP IN DREAMLAND" EPISODE #2. THE DIARIST REVISITS A PASSAGE FROM HIS DREAM JOURNAL, WRITTEN IN 2019, IN WHICH HE DESCRIBES HIS STRUGGLE TO CREATE AN ORIGINAL PLAY FOR STUDENTS ENTITLED "TOXIC SHOCKS!"

THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESSI've been keeping a diary and dream journal for ten years. Recently, I hit upon the idea of revisiting and recording passages of the diary in a quest to understand myself better by connecting the dots between dream life and the time awake.The first episode explored 2024; this second entry revisits a passage from 5 years earlier.It was the summer of 2019. I experienced an earthquake, a car accident, and the difficult birth of an original theater piece, which came to be known as "Toxic Shocks". The project was suggested in order to address some issues surrounding student's concerns, which will be enumerated within.This necessitated a new approach to theatrical devisement (is that a word?) --, and I embraced the challenge wholeheartedly. Despite my being all in, things got a bit rocky.The passages from the diary describe the difficult birthing process, and the effect on my dream life.