Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will present August Strindberg's A Dream Play, adapted and directed by Joseph Jonah Therrien March 24 - April 3, in the Studio Theatre on the Storrs campus. For tickets and information, call 860-486-4226 or visit www.crt.uconn.edu.
THE PLAYThis exciting theatrical challenge will be met through the art of puppetry, featuring a variety of styles and theatrical innovations. Director/Writer Joseph Jonah Therrien will tell the story using hand puppets, rod puppets, masks, toy theater elements, live puppeteers and dynamic lighting and set design.
Agnes is the daughter of Indra a Hindu God. She is curious about the nature of humanity. Indra decides to make her human and send her to earth to experience life as a human. Agnes meets a multitude of characters who merge together and split apart, just like in a dream. She discovers humanity is tragic and beautiful, and returns home with this new realization and an outcome she did not expect.
Director Joseph Jonah Therrien said, " In my adaptation, I have attempted to harness Strindberg's haunting images in order to reexamine what it means to be a human in a world where so much suffering exists. Using masks, rod puppets, hand puppets, toy theater elements, and a chorus of Suzuki Method trained puppeteers, the proportions of reality are exaggerated, relationships are stretched, and incongruous images are juxtaposed as the audience journeys with Agnes through a dream version of our world to unravel the mystery of human existence."
Zane Roberts (Policeman/School Teacher/Chancellor) is a fourth year Acting BFA student. He has appeared in such CRT shows as The Skin of Our Teeth (Refugee/Conveneer), Icarus (Snooty Attendant/Strong Man), Galileo (Matti) and Too Much Memory (The Chorus). Most recently he played Judge Littlefield, Caiaphas the Elder and St. Matthew in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. Zane is also a writer who has been featured at Long River Live and the upcoming Poetic Journeys at UConn. He is currently hard at work on an independent film that he co-wrote and is co-directing called Sex, Drugs, and Magic.
Mandy Weiss (Agnes) is an 8th semester Theater Studies major. Recent credits include: (CRT)- Bandaid Boy (Ensemble), Spring Awakening (Martha Bessel); Spectacle Lunatique (Performer) at Redmoon Theatre in Chicago, IL; and Michael Bradford's Olives & Blood (Narrator) with the African American Playwright's Exchange. Other credits include: UCONN film production of Parrot Island (Puppeteer), 2009 & 2010 Eugene O'Neill National Puppetry Conference (Puppeteer), sound designer for CRT's Antony & Cleopatra, and ASM for CRT's Pentecost.INFORMATION
Please call 860-486-4226 for tickets or for more information. Please call the box office or visit www.crt.uconn.edu for specific show dates and times because performance schedules vary and are subject to change.Evening performances start at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, and at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Matinee performances start at 2 p.m.Ticket prices range from $6- $29.
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