The Onomatopoeia Theatre Company
“A Dream Play” – Trying to Understand the Experience of Love
When many people think about being in love, they often think about being happy. But as we all know, love is much more complicated than that. Love can often also come with great pain, sacrifice and suffering. Many people willingly compromise their own happiness for the sake of those they love, or they hurt the ones they love by perusing that which makes them happy. Life is full of these types of hard truths and it can easily make a person scared to open up and experience life and love. Despite this fear however, people still search for love in their lives. They will even seek it knowing it may cause them immense pain…
“A Dream Play” is a show that seeks to understand this part of the human condition. How love can affect our lives for better and for worse. Love can cause the sweetest happiness or the bitterest sorrow, whether it is the passion of having a lover, a love for one’s family or even the love of friends. It is something that every person tries to understand in their own way.
People can define their existence through love, but love can also define someone’s existence as well… We here at The Onomatopoeia Theatre Company are ready to explore what this means with our production of “A Dream Play”. We are willing to dig deep and search through the dark places of life. And we aren’t afraid to dream about finding happiness and redemption in life’s light…
Thomas R. Gordon
Artistic Director
The Onomatopoeia Theatre Company
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A Dream Play by August Strindberg
Nov. 7th - Nov. 17th
at
The Gene Frankel Theatre
24 Bond Street, New York, NY 10012
The daughter of Indra has come to earth seeking an understanding of humankind. On her journey she sees stories, people, and places merge and break like the waves of the sea. Can she understand why people suffer in a world so beautiful? Is there hope for humankind? Will we be able to find happiness? Help us search for these answers as The Onomatopoeia Theatre Company presents a compassionate examination of the play Strindberg called "My greatest joy".
Cast
Miranda Webster
Finn Kilgore
Nathan Winkelstein
Caiti Latimer
Nikki Pope
Chapman Riedel
J. Michael Evans
Alexandra Porter
Polly Korbel
James Conway
Crew
Director - Thomas R. Gordon
Production Manager - Tasha Partee
Stage Manager – Samantha Ryel
Costume Director - Charlotte Gaspard
Costume Design – Al Malonga
Set Designer - Zach Serafin
Lighting Designer – Brian Henderson