An art cover with digital illustrations including a full moon, a computer chat window, a smartphone with a drawing, and binary code background. Text reads 'U ARE TheDream' by Allyson Dwyer.

u are the dream

staged production

a two-hander internet triptych – a love story between the internet and homo sapiens <3​

Didi and Dada are two early humans excited for the future, unaware of the progress and technology that is to come long after they stare at the moon. 30,000 years later, Fuu and Goten meet in an AOL chatroom on the cusp of adulthood. How did it once feel to dream behind our eyes and wait at the screen, anticipating a response? Will we ever do this again?


The Exponential Festival 2025 @ The Brick

Credits

Featuring
<3 Catt Filippov & Ben Holbrook <3

written & directed by Allyson Dwyer
prop & costume design by Hannah Birch-Carl
scenic design by Forest Entsminger
illusion design by Reuven Glezer
stage managed by Rishita Chowdary
sound design by Alyse Lamb
lighting design by Christina F. Tang
show art & tech support by Steven Matarazzo
Produced by Mind Dream Theater & Most Unwanted Productions

with additional support from Clubbed Thumb made possible by the Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation

photography by Walter Wlodarczyk

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