One Thousand One Night Stands is the extraordinary record of an exciting artist who "danced by the mile" and of the dancers and choreographers who had their forst exposure in Mr. Shawn's troupes : Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Jack Cole, Charles Weidman, and Barton Mumaw among many.
A young schoolgirl with dreams of being an actress, JeriLee Randall, is at the dawn of discovering her own sexuality when she meets Walter Thornton, Jr., the son of the world-famous playwright, Walter Thornton, Sr., whom she idolizes. After a humiliating “near” sexual encounter with JeriLee, Walt Jr. participates in a graphically brutal assault that traumatizes JeriLee, triggering unfettere…