Stan Lai’s A Dream Like a Dream 如夢之夢

"In a story, someone had a dream; In that dream, someone told a story.” MIT Theater Presents A Dream Like a Dream 如夢之夢 a play by Stan Lai 賴聲川 directed by Jay Scheib with Xinyu Xu '25 A meteor of the Chinese contemporary theater told through the eyes of over 100 characters onstage, offstage, backstage, and beyond from Shanghai to Paris and back. Paths intertwine and aspirations collide along a spiral littered with life in an epic and immersive meditation on our most unexpected and unfathomable desires, passionate loves, losses, jubilance, loneliness, and laughter... Performed by MIT Students and members of the MIT community Designed by Joseph Lark-Riley, Christian Frederickson, Shanise DeSilva, Anna Borou Yu, Peter Torpey, and Xinyu Xu; Director of Production Maggie Moore; Stage management by Debra Acquavella, and Joanna Xuanye Su; Directed by Jay Scheib with Xinyu Xu '25 All Performances at Building W97 Theater 345 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139 Part 1 — Thursday, November 13 at 7:30pm Part 2 — Friday, November 14 at 7:30pm Parts 1 + 2 (with included meal break) Saturday, November 15 at 3:30pm + 7:30pm Part 1 — Thursday, November 20 at 7:30pm Part 2 — Friday, November 21 at 7.30pm Parts 1 + 2 (with included meal break) Saturday, November 22 at 3:30pm + 7:30pm Each part is a stand-alone performance. Audiences may see Part 1, Part 2, or both either on the same day or on separate days. Both of the “marathon,” two-part days will include a beautiful meal by Taiwanese restaurant, Mu Lan. For questions please reach out to both Yi Tu and Maggie Moore via <a href="mailto:yitu@mit.edu">yitu@mit.edu</a> and <a href="mailto:mooremag@mit.edu">mooremag@mit.edu</a>. This production has been made possible with the generous support and funding of the MIT Center for Art Science and Technology, the DeFlorez Fund for Humour, and the Council for the Arts at MIT. Performance is a multiplier of creativity, extending far beyond the stage—to science, to engineering, to leadership. The MIT Theater program provides a dynamic space to challenge, learn, inspire, and nourish community through its groundbreaking engagement with the arts. Help us continue the conversation! Please consider a contribution at this link: <a href="https://giving.mit.edu/form?fundId=2444000">https://giving.mit.edu/form?fundId=2444000</a>

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