Tap Dreams began as a play with a production at Love Creek in NYC in 1998. That and subsequent productions in Australia, Canada, England, South Africa, and most recently in Holland provoked the idea of turning it into a screenplay.

(To view a copy of that script click here)

Filmed on a shoestring budget with all involved deferring payment until profits were realized, Tap Dreams, the film, became a reality in September 2004.

It is the story of four diverse women whose search for an escape from the reality of their lives has brought them together in the dressing room of a tap class. While their backgrounds range from a nun to an illiterate country wife, they share the universal longing to achieve a childhood dream.

These dreams differ, sometimes clash, and are not easily accepted by the others, yet each holds on through her own struggle to move closer to an understanding of the other women and a final acceptance of herself.

Universal struggles, these do not always accept the "politically correct", simple solutions.

The plot centers on an abusive family relationship for Betty who refuses to give up the dream of a loving family, a struggle for Sister Joan with vows for a nun perusing a priest, a confrontation of the possible end of her life for Heather with deep regrets in spite of a perfect family, and for Maxine, the overcoming of a deceased mother's opinions while not growing to hate her.

In the face of all this, it's an upbeat film about four women who chose life in spite of suffering.

Thanks for stopping by.

Anthony Giordano
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