Cocaine Dreams is a voyeuristic, surreal ride through one man's obsession with Sigmund Freud, cocaine and a beautiful woman. Dream-like sequences exploring Freud's use and advocacy of cocaine are entwined with a modern-day psychoanalysis session in which a man struggles with his conflicted loyalties to a woman and cocaine.

Learn about Freud's relationships with wife Martha, daughter Anna, mentor Joseph Breuer, colleague Wilhelm Fliess and protege Carl Jung ..but most especially with the pleasures of Vin Mariani, or "Cocaine Wine" ..as embodied by a divine nymphet/muse who springs from the subconscious mind of Freud himself. Over a 15-year period, his intense professional, medicinal and recreational use of cocaine exerts a profound influence on Freud's marriage, work relationships, and dreams.

Playwright Howard Pflanzer based "Cocaine Dreams" on letters and articles Freud wrote during the years he was a frequent user of cocaine. Scholars and the psychoanalytic community have speculated about the role cocaine played in the writings and theories which led to Freud's development of psychoanalysis.

STARRING: Jody Ebert, Terri Galvin*, Dennis Horvitz*, Richard O'Brien, Ivy Purdy*, Jonathan Reitzes, Andi Shrem, Jill M. Simon*, Tim Tolen

HOWARD PFLANZER (Playwright)---Howard is a playwright, librettist, lyricist and poet whose work has been performed at Horse Trade Theater Group, La MaMa ETC, Playwrights Horizons, Symphony Space, Medicine Show, Dixon Place and broadcast on WNYC and WBAI. His work has appeared in the Drama Review and The Quarterly. The winner of a 2001 New Play Commission in Jewish Theatre from the National Foundation for Jewish Culture, he is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theatre, Speech and Literature at the City College Center for Worker Education.

LISSA MOIRA (Director)---Lissa is a prolific actor, director and writer of plays/poetry/screenplays. She directed and co-wrote the satirical musical revue The Best Sex of the XX Century Sale, which ran for 18 months. Lissa won a 2000-2001 OOBR Award for her performance as Ruth Trout in Small Town Girls With Big Problems. She is the recipient of 2 Jerome Foundation Grants; for TIME IT IS and NecKromancy. "Coca," the play's physical embodiment of cocaine, is a character created by Moira. Dead Canaries, a film co-written by Moira starring Charles Durning, Dee Wallace Stone & Ben Gazzara, starts shooting in NYC March 13th.

*Equity Approved Showcase