THERE&apos;S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESSI&apos;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 &quot;Toxic Shocks&quot;. The project was suggested in order to address some issues surrounding student&apos;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.

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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!"