From a Dream to a Dream

From a Dream to a Dream was a show inspired by the prose of Bruno Schulz but also by his graphics. His extraordinary language and the very symbolic world of each story still can be current and universal. Schulz over seventy years ago asked very important questions. What is Time? Can we play with it? Is it untouchable? And what about the Mather? Can we shape it for a joke? Where are the limits of human penetration in the Matter? Has God any influence on ‘a human task of creation’ anymore?

This bilingal world premiere was directed by Poland’s Luba Zarembinska, with performers from Hand2Mouth Theatre and Teatr Stacja Szamocin, working with Portland designers and musicians.

From a Dream to a Dream theatricalizes the fantastic ideas and images of Bruno Schulz’s fertile imagination. This performance explored a strange sanitarium where we are neither awake nor asleep, and in which our childhood memories and fantasies arise and mingle with real life.

This production and Luba Zarembinska’s residency in Oregon was made possible with generous support from the Polish Cultural Institute, The Lilly Foundation, Willamette University Department of Theatre, The Trust for Mutual Understanding, Polish Ministry of Culture, Oregon Cultural Trust, and the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art.