Sueno

By Jose Rivera

“Rivera has retained Calderon’s storyline and vision while streamlining it and updating its language. His version is utterly absorbing.” - Variety

Sueno is Obie Award-winning playwright Jose Rivera’s translation and adaptation of Calderon de la Barca’s classic Life Is a Dream. Sueno is written in sharp contemporary language but it nevertheless seeks to ask the eternal questions posed by Calderon: What is man—an angel or an animal? What is honor? What is freedom? If life is a dream, who is dreaming us? Could God Himself be the greatest dream of all?