Insomnia

Length 26:00
Licensor Billy Senese
Producer(s) Billy Senese
Formats Debut (not aired nationally), Fiction
Topics Drama, Entertainment
Produced November, 2006
Added to PRX November 19, 2006
 

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Summary:

A radio drama set in the mind of an insomniac.

Website:

http://www.midnightradiotheater.com

Tones:

Contemplative, Dark, Engaging

Language:

English

Description:

Insomnia. The night seems endless. Your mind races with thoughts. After lying in the dark for a few hours, you begin to drift in and out of consciousness. The mind begins to play games as your thoughts bounce this way and that; memories are distorted and rationalized, reality becomes nothing more than strings of associations and tangents. Feelings of insanity slowly set in.

Sydney can not sleep due to impending test results from his doctor. Lying awake in bed, he is plagued with the seemingly endless possibilities of terrible outcomes. Emotional and distraught, he desperately searches for some semblance of meaning in his life. As his inner search deepens, he discovers that the only thing that matters is the one woman he should never have let go.

Midnight Radio Theater is a new approach to the art of radio drama. The show's purpose is to offer a new kind of storytelling experience. Rather than old-fashioned melodramas, these are modern stories. Each piece creates a vividly filmic and very "in the now" aural experience, one best heard late at night, with the lights out and your mind fully awake.

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