A couple, Irvin and Ida, get ready for a night at the opera. Their clothes are elegant, their conversation oddly stilted. Where do they actually go? On other nights, they celebrate Halloween - she as Marilyn Monroe, he as Elvis - and Thanksgiving. Sometimes they argue, sometimes they sit companionably. What is the nature of their relationship? Irvin thinks a lot about his mother; Ida remembers her father with longing. Ida talks of leaving. Irvin's memories take on qualities of hallucination. Can either break free?