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Description
Tim Blevins is a Juilliard trained opera singer who has performed principal roles in some of the most prestigious opera houses in the world, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Chicago Lyric Opera and the Stuttgart State Theatre in Germany. For the last 8 years, however, Tim has lived on and off the streets of San Francisco, surviving day to day as a busker and short con street hustler in the Tenderloin. Though Tim’s past as a classically trained musician seems to be at odds with his present day life — for Tim, the street and stage have much in common. The Impossible Dream follows Tim as he recalls, and at times relives, the characters that he once played on stage, retelling the story of his rise and eventual demise as an opera singer, husband and father. As Tim’s past catches up to the present, the costs of his lifestyle become all too real, and Tim is forced to decide how he will end the tragic opera that he has brought into reality.