Director: Simona Giurgea
A Dreamplay by August Strindberg is unique in that it features a dream as the basic setting for the entire production, abandoning conventional perceptions of time and space for reflection on symbolism, expressionism, and surrealism. As Director Simona Giurgea writes, “dreams are always more vivid, emotional, and distinct from waking life. Whether we attempt to find their meaning within a rational evolution of the self, focus on scientific explanations of their occurrence, or follow the theory of dreams where Freud abandoned it, we acknowledge their vital necessity: dreams are restoring our capacity to ask old questions anew.” In staging A Dreamplay, we are invited to reflect on the nature and significance of human relationships and human struggle, all the while leaving their subsequent implications up for interpretation.