Stan Lai’s A Dream Like a Dream 如夢之夢

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 yitu@mit.edu and mooremag@mit.edu.