The Fall 2025 Theater Arts Production

A Dream Like a Dream

如夢之夢

Performance

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...

Date & Time: Thursday, November 13 at 7pm Saturday, November 22 at 7pm
Location: Building W97 Theater

A play by Stan Lai

Directed by Jay Scheib with Xinyu Xu ‘25

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.

Each part was a stand-alone performance of a two part epic play. Audiences could see Part 1, Part 2, or both either on the same day or on separate days. Both of the “marathon,” two-part days included a beautiful meal by Taiwanese restaurant, Mu Lan.

This production was performed from November 13-November 22, 2025.