The Davenports - An Improvised Soap Opera
People love soap operas. Fact. Supporting evidence:
- Guiding Light was on the air from 1937-2009. One show. Seventy-two years.
- There are entire magazines devoted to these programs. A magazine about fictional TV shows. Think about it.
- Soap operas have their own award show.
- During senior year of high school when I had early dismissal I would sometimes go over to my girlfriend’s house. All those teenage hormones and guess what we did? We watched “Passions.”
- What’s that modern teenageer? You’re too cool for soap operas? Guess what, you’re watching “Gossip Girl.”
All the fun of love triangles, bitch slaps and drinks thrown in faces are rolled up into a new show that premieres this Friday.
The Davenports is an improvised soap opera following the Davenport family, the billionaire dance magnets of Lincoln, Nebraska.
I play Trevor Leotard, the family lawyer and confidant to the patriarch Dan Davenport.
This show is no guilt and all pleasure. Come join us at midnight on Fridays in April at The Playground Theater. It’s $5, byob.