A Dream Play under New York City

A Film Produced and Directed by Miru Kim
Based on A Dream Play directed by Daniel Harray

In August Strindberg's A Dream Play, a goddess called Agnes descends to earth and attempts to fathom what it means to be human. Agnes is a curious innocent who finds herself beset by a menagerie of often absurd characters. Through her journey, we experience a shared lucid dream (sometimes bordering on becoming a nightmare) that ultimately champions compassion for all, and exhorts us to seek beauty where we least expect it. This adaptation / workshop production of A Dream Play aims to distill and amplify Strindberg's message within the framework of Miru Kim's aesthetic.

 

 

CAST

 
Maria Portman Kelly (Agnes)
She has performed with The Culture Project, Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex, Shakespeare Theatre Company, The Public Theater of Maine, The Theater at Monmouth, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey and Actors Theatre of Louisville, among others. She graduated with honors from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and is a proud member of Actors' Equity Association.
Daniel Harray (The Officer / The Chairman of Inquiry)
Theatre credits include The Taming of the Shrew, Titus Andronicus (Illinois Shakespeare Festival); Twelfth Night, The Beard of Avon (Portland Center Stage, OR); The Comedy of Errors (Orlando Shakespeare Theater, FL); The Beaux' Stratagem, Don Juan (Shakespeare Theatre Company, DC); As You Like It (The John F. Kennedy Center for the Perfor ming Arts); Wit (Seattle Repertory Theatre.) Television credits include As the World Turns. He received his B.S. in Speech from Northwestern University, and his M.F.A. in acting from the Shakespeare Theatre's Academy for Classical Acting at the George Washington University.
Rob Krakovski (The Lawyer / Large Predator / The Judge)
A Dream Play marks his first collaboration with Miru Kim after working with Dan Harray in rep productions of Twelfth Night and Beard of Avon. Prior to the role of Victor Fleming in Capital Reps’ Moonlight & Magnolias and Jack Wetherall’s production of Measure for Measure at New Jersey Shakes, he originated the role of Bill Wilson in Bill W. & Dr. Bob Off-Broadway. Other credits include Martin Heidegger in Hannah & Martin at San Jose Rep., Macbeth in Macbeth, Claudius in Hamlet, Sergius in Arms & the Man at The St. Louis/Philadelphia/Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festivals respectively, the Earl of Warwick in Saint Joan, Serge in Morocco with Keir Dullea, and Caswell in Lucky Lucy with Blythe Danner, as well as various roles at Hartford Stage, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, The Place Theater - London, The Edinburgh Festival, and the Georgian Republic Arts Festival with Vanessa Redgrave. Other credits include a number of Independent Films, one of which, Asata, was screened at the Sundance Film Festival.
Amy Kim Waschke (The Crone / Victoria / The Scientist)
Regional theatre credits include Bloodline: The Children of Argos (Hangar Theatre), Metamorphoses (Weston Playhouse), Golden Child (Seattle Repertory Theatre), Tibet Through the Red Box (Seattle Children’s Theatre), A Christmas Carol (Virginia Stage Company), A Map of the World (Bridges International Rep), and Measure for Measure (Seattle Shakespeare Company). In New York Amy has performed in The Water Station (Pacific Performer’s Project), Living Dead in Denmark (Vampire Cowboys), and one-woman show entitled Grief through the Estrogenius Festival at manhattantheatresource. TV credits include Identity (Law & Order SVU). Amy is a graduate from the University of Washington’s MFA Acting program.
Stewart Walker (The Writer)
Regional: Eddie in Sam Shepard’s Fool for Love; Spooky Action (Washington DC). Oswald & Duke of Burgundy, King Lear; Indiana Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage. New York: Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Twelfth Night; Baron Tuzenbach, Three Sisters; Oberon Theatre Ensemble (of which he is a company member). Iago, Othello; Present Company Theatorium. Aumerle, Richard II (with Austin Pendleton); Frog & Peach Theatre Company. Citizen/Chorus, Oedipus Rex (with Al Pacino & directed by Estelle Parsons); The Actors’ Studio. Stewart’s work in film includes lead roles in Ride of Passage and Londinium (which is currently in production). And supporting roles in My Brother’s War and Heads or Tails. Stewart received his M.F.A. from the Academy for Classical Acting at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington DC.
Gilbert Cruz (The Newlywed Husband / The Psychoanalyst)
He has been seen all around the country from San Diego to Seattle, from New Jersey to Maine in regional theaters all over the country. In NY he has appeared in many NY theaters and on many of the NY episodics and in film, most recently in the Sex and the City movie.
Heather Benton (Kristin / The Newlywed Wife / The Bishop)
Her most recent regional theatre credits include two national tours with Montana Repertory Theatre, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Trip To Bountiful; American Repertory Theatre, Highway Ulysses, Children of Herakles; North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, Othello, Twelfth Night; Sierra Repertory Theatre, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. She is a company member of East River Commedia in New York as an actor and movement coach, Serenade and Philosoper Fox, The Magnificent Cuckold. Heather received her MFA from the Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at the American Repertory Theatre/ Moscow Art Theatre at Harvard. She teaches movement and directs at the American Academy of Dramatic Art, and lives with her husband, Cory- the ukelele-ist- in New Jersey.