SweetPea Productions Presents Dream Walker, 11/9-19

SWEETPEA PRODUCTIONS has announced its premiere production, DREAM WALKER by AUGUST SCHULENBURG, directed by MARIELLE DUKE. The production opens as a world premiere on Wednesday, November 9th at 8pm at THE KRAINE THEATER, located at 85 E. 4th street. Performances run through Saturday the 12th and continue Wednesday the 16th through Saturday the 19th. All performances begin at 8pm and have a run time of approximately 90 minutes. Tickets are $18 and can be reserved through Brown Paper Tickets here: brownpapertickets.com/event/204754. You can find more information about DREAM WALKER at dreamwalkertheplay.com/dreamwalker.

DREAM WALKER is a poignant, comedic play that tells the story of two brothers and the woman they love, and how the arrival of a strange new superpower changes all of their lives.

The production features: COLLIN SMITH*, MATTHEW ARCHAMBAULT, and JENNIFER SOMERS KIPLEY (*Actor appears courtesy of AEA)

The production team includes: OLIVIA HARRIS (Light Designer), JESSICA LECHTENBERG (Sound Designer), EMILY THOMAS (Stage Manager), and Alley Scott (Graphic Artist)

SWEET PEA PRODUCTIONS (Producer) was founded to showcase new and established works that feature honest, complex characters while telling unique and interesting stories. SweetPea aims to create a supportive environment where playwrights and artists can collaborate to create exciting new works and foster growing relationships. www.sweetpea-nyc.com/

Playwright AUGUST SCHULENBURG's plays include Carrin Beginning, Kidding Jane, Rue,Riding the Bull, Good Hope,Other Bodies, Honey Fist, Dark Matter, Jacob's House, Deinde, Dream Walker, Denny and Lila, The Hand That Moves and The Lesser Seductions of History. His plays have been produced and developed at The Lark, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Chelsea Playhouse, Theater for the New City, Portland Stage Company, Dayton Playhouse, Colonial Players, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Contemporary Stage Company, Abingdon Theater Company, Gideon Productions, New Amerikan Theatre, Penobscot Theatre, Impetuous Theater Group, Decades Out, Soundtrack Series, Reverie Productions, Wolf 359, Blue Box Productions, Piper McKenzie, Boomerang Theatre Company, Adaptive Arts, Nosedive Productions, and Flux Theatre Ensemble, where he is the Artistic Director. His work has also been published in the New York Theater Review, Stage and Screen, Midway Journal, and in two upcoming issues of Carrier Pigeon.

Director MARIELLE DUKE most recently directed J.M Barrie's Alice Sit by the Firefor Adaptive Arts Theater Company. She has directed for Boomerang Theater Company, Manhattan Theatre Source, Center Stage, Sweetness and Light Productions, Renegade Redhead Productions, and World Theater Day, among others. While serving as Artistic Director of Adaptive Arts Theater Company, she has directed Brecht's "Good Woman of Setzuan," Barrie's "Alice Sit by the Fire," and multiple readings and workshops for their "Autism Initiative" new works program. She recently completed her Masters Thesis in Educational Theater at City College.