AMERICAN DREAMS first premiered in 2018 at the Cleveland Public Theater. COVID transformed the 2020 national tour into a ground-breaking,
DRAMA LEAGUE NOMINATED, interactive online experience!
It's a game! It's a show! It's America!
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ABOUT
ABOUT
American Dreams invites YOU to participate in the newest game show sensation - where you, the audience, decide who wins the ultimate prize: citizenship to “the greatest nation on earth.” Redefining live theater, this is a participatory performance that changes every night.
American Dreams captivates you, while simultaneously exploring how we navigate between fear, security, and freedom; who and what we choose to believe—and how those choices come to shape who we are as citizens, and as a nation.
CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER
"It's interactive, fun and darkly comic. The ensemble is unnervingly believable, hosts and hopefuls alike. And, although we are ostensibly watching the competitors, it's actually we who are under scrutiny."
BEST OF 2018
"American Dreams offered more than smart performances, whiz-bang visuals, ripped-from-the-headlines subject matter, and clever, cheeky packaging. Never shrill or preachy, “American Dreams” engaged our heads and hearts, asking us to confront a thorny problem only the most disingenuous pundits and politicians promise has an easy fix."
AMERICAN THEATER MAGAZINE
"Isam Zaiem, an American Dreams audience member and himself an immigrant, confessed that he didn’t realize how difficult it would be to make a decision. “How do you choose which of the three applicants should have the opportunity to become an American citizen?"
THE SCENE
“If a good play should make you think about an issue and make you a bit uncomfortable about your preconceived notions, then American Dreams does the job.”
TOP TEN STAND-OUT MOMENT
The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society honored American Dreams, as one of the top 10 achievements in the American theatre for diversity and inclusion.
KILROY'S LIST
After just two public readings in LaGuardia Performing Arts Centers Rough Draft Festival, American Dreams landed on the Kilroy's Honorable Mention list.
NEWS 5
“How do you actually decide something as complicated as the laws and the rights and the expectations of citizens to this country when we have such strong differences of opinion across this country about what that should be?”
-Leila Buck, Playwright, American Dreams
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