A DREAM PLAY by August Strindberg, Translated by Anne-Charlotte Harvey, directed by Kirsten Brandt, Sledgehammer Theatre
Scenic Deign by David Weiner. Costume Design by Mary Larson. Lighting & Projection Design by David Lee Cuthbert. Sound Design by Paul Peterson. Stage manager Ross Barrientos
Cast: Janel DeGuzman, Janet Hayatshahi, Celeste Marie Martinez, Walter Murray, Tristan Poje, Patrick Seick, Kim Strassburger, David Tierney, and Ruff Yeager
PRESS:
KPBS Patte Award “Outstanding Production”
The play cynically confronts matters of morality, religion, philosophy and sexuality.Death, in Strindberg’s worldview, is deliverance. But with a snappy new translation by SDSU professor Anne-Charlotte Harvey, choreographically-precise direction by Kirsten Brandt, an ingenious design team and a crackerjack ensemble, the play brims with imagination and life. – KPBS
Brandt and her sympathetic designers create a visual and aural landscape both coherent and dreamlike… The director also maintains a light touch. She lets the imagery work upon the audience’s imagination, instead of hammering home its relevance. -CRITIC’S CHOICE San Diego Union-Tribune