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God's daughter comes down to earth to experience
what it is to be human. Feasting on the
fruits of civilization, she discovers marriage,
family, education, politics, war and religion.
Will she ever awaken from her dream? This
outrageous and hilarious reworking of Strindberg's
classic, A Dream Play follows the
crazy wisdom of the subconscious on a journey
into and beyond the insanity of modern life.
Directed by Fred Curchack, an internationally
acclaimed performer, director, and playwright.
He has created over seventy original theatre
works. Dallas Morning News critic
Lawson Taitte proclaims him to be “Dallas’
resident theatrical wizard.” Curchack’s
recent piece, Gauguin’s Shadow,
received the Dallas/Ft. Worth Theatre Critics'
award for Best New Play.
Fred Curchack has created over seventy
original theatre pieces. His performances
have been featured at dozens of international
theatre festivals. He has received the Gold
Medal at the International Festival of Solo
Theatre, the American Theatre Wing Award,
Critics’ Awards in L.A., S.F., Dallas,
Austin, and his work has been in the “Top
Ten” of The Dallas Morning News and
The New York Times. He has received funding
from Creative Capital, the National Endowment
for the Arts, Arts International, The Jim
Henson Foundation and he is a Guggenheim
Fellow. After receiving a drama degree from
the High School of Performing Arts in N.Y.,
and a BA and MA in Theater from Queens College,
Curchack studied Indian Kathakali, Japanese
Noh, Balinese Topeng, choreography with
Alwyn Nikolais, and he trained with Grotowski’s
Polish Theater Lab. He has taught theatre
at the United Nations International School,
N.Y.; Sonoma State University, California;
and he is currently Professor of Art and
Performance at The University of Texas at
Dallas.
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