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Casting and Lyrics

Friday, April 17, 2026 at 7pm

CASTING INFORMATION

The Dreamer
Dylan Gutierrez

The Hostess
Victoria Jaiani

A Singer
Anna von Hausswolff

Lovers
Jeraldine Mendoza, José Pablo Castro Cuevas

Two Friends
Amanda Assucena, Jeraldine Mendoza

Mr. Canon
Zachary Manske

A Bubbler
Hansol Jeong

A Chef en pointe
Fernando Duarte

A Man with a Flag
Scott Reed

Headless Men
Edson Barbosa, Aaron Renteria

Nightmare Pas
Victoria Jaiani, Stefan Gonçalvez

Slow Pas
Victoria Jaiani, Stefan Gonçalvez, Amanda Assucena, José Pablo Castro Cuevas, Jeraldine Mendoza, Valentino Moneglia Zamora

Guests
Coco Alvarez-Mena, Amanda Assucena, Dayla Bowman, Anais Bueno, Lucia Connolly, Tenley Connors, Olivia Duryea, Dara Holmes, Amanda Illuminati, Victoria Jaiani, Gayeon Jung, Yumi Kanazawa, Minjoo Kim, Seehyun Kim, Nae Kojima, Laila Madison, Lindy Mesmer, Anabelle de la Nuez, Lauren Quinn, Basia Rhoden, Julia Rust, Natali That, Edson Barbosa, Evan Boersma, Jonathan Dole, Derek Drilon, Fernando Duarte, Guillem Cabrera Espinach, Stefan Gonçalvez, Dylan Gutierrez, Reed Henry, Hansol Jeong, Blake Kessler, Hyuma Kiyosawa, Zachary Manske, Jackson Miles, Xavier Núñez, Wictor Hugo Pedroso, Scott Reed, Aaron Renteria, Alberto Velazquez, Valentino Moneglia Zamora

Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 8pm

CASTING INFORMATION

The Dreamer
Dylan Gutierrez

The Hostess
Victoria Jaiani

A Singer
Anna von Hausswolff

Lovers
Amanda Assucena, Stefan Gonçalvez

Two Friends
Amanda Assucena, Jeraldine Mendoza

Mr. Canon
Xavier Núñez

A Bubbler
Hansol Jeong

A Chef en pointe
Fernando Duarte

A Man with a Flag
Scott Reed

Headless Men
Edson Barbosa, Aaron Renteria

Nightmare Pas
Victoria Jaiani, Stefan Gonçalvez

Slow Pas
Victoria Jaiani, Stefan Gonçalvez, Amanda Assucena, José Pablo Castro Cuevas, Jeraldine Mendoza, Valentino Moneglia Zamora

Guests
Coco Alvarez-Mena, Dayla Bowman, Anais Bueno, Lucia Connolly, Tenley Connors, Olivia Duryea, Dara Holmes, Amanda Illuminati, Victoria Jaiani, Gayeon Jung, Yumi Kanazawa, Minjoo Kim, Seehyun Kim, Nae Kojima, Laila Madison, Jeraldine Mendoza, Lindy Mesmer, Anabelle de la Nuez, Lauren Quinn, Basia Rhoden, Julia Rust, Natali That, Edson Barbosa, Evan Boersma, José Pablo Castro Cuevas, Jonathan Dole, Derek Drilon, Fernando Duarte, Guillem Cabrera Espinach, Dylan Gutierrez, Reed Henry, Hansol Jeong, Blake Kessler, Hyuma Kiyosawa, Zachary Manske, Jackson Miles, Xavier Núñez, Wictor Hugo Pedroso, Scott Reed, Aaron Renteria, Alberto Velazquez, Valentino Moneglia Zamora

Sunday, April 19, 2026 at 3pm

CASTING INFORMATION

The Dreamer
Dylan Gutierrez

The Hostess
Victoria Jaiani

A Singer
Anna von Hausswolff

Lovers
Jeraldine Mendoza, José Pablo Castro Cuevas

Two Friends
Amanda Assucena, Jeraldine Mendoza

Mr. Canon
Zachary Manske

A Bubbler
Hansol Jeong

A Chef en pointe
Fernando Duarte

A Man with a Flag
Scott Reed

Headless Men
Edson Barbosa, Aaron Renteria

Nightmare Pas
Victoria Jaiani, Stefan Gonçalvez

Slow Pas
Victoria Jaiani, Stefan Gonçalvez, Amanda Assucena, José Pablo Castro Cuevas, Jeraldine Mendoza, Valentino Moneglia Zamora

Guests
Coco Alvarez-Mena, Amanda Assucena, Dayla Bowman, Anais Bueno, Lucia Connolly, Tenley Connors, Olivia Duryea, Dara Holmes, Amanda Illuminati, Victoria Jaiani, Gayeon Jung, Yumi Kanazawa, Minjoo Kim, Seehyun Kim, Nae Kojima, Laila Madison, Lindy Mesmer, Anabelle de la Nuez, Lauren Quinn, Basia Rhoden, Julia Rust, Natali That, Edson Barbosa, Evan Boersma, Jonathan Dole, Derek Drilon, Fernando Duarte, Guillem Cabrera Espinach, Stefan Gonçalvez, Dylan Gutierrez, Reed Henry, Hansol Jeong, Blake Kessler, Hyuma Kiyosawa, Zachary Manske, Jackson Miles, Xavier Núñez, Wictor Hugo Pedroso, Scott Reed, Aaron Renteria, Alberto Velazquez, Valentino Moneglia Zamora

They Hoped for a Name
Lyrics by Mikael Karlsson
Sung by Anna von Hausswolff
They hoped for a name
They hoped for a promise

That someone to love them
Would still walk among us

A future with children
A husband or wife
They cheered and they toasted
To youth and to life

They danced ‘til the morning
They drank and took flight

The names of their lovers
Were heard in the night

The sun stayed above
The moon lingered under

By morning the dancers
Will start to wonder

Had it all been a dream?
Had it all been a blunder?

And who was that foreign girl
With a song made in thunder?

Years and years they came
To sing to each other

The song of the sister
The song of the brother

A summer with children
With husband or wife

They cheered and they toasted
To youth and to life

They danced ‘til the morning
They drank and took flight

The names of their lovers
Were heard in the night

The sun stayed above
The moon lingered under
By morning the dancers
Will start to wonder

Had it all been a dream?
Had it all been a blunder?

And who was that foreign girl
With a song made in thunder?

Celebration Song
Lyrics and vocals by Anna von Hausswolff
Get my name right
Get their names right
Get the dance right
Get the songs right

Solid, shiny, ground, my friend
Take the flag and wave to them
Lift it higher, lift it high
Let it touch the windy sky

Get the dance right
Get the songs right

Civic slander and the spite,
Forgotten this yearly night.
Speak of no one, speak no fear,
Throw my sorrows out of here.

I know the flowers
I know the leaves
I know the smell
Of violets and greens

Immortal soul, immortal eyes
The beauty flows it cannot die
Ask of my name, ask of my heart
Joyful and free, let’s take a walk
Under the moon, under a star
Call out my name loud from afar

How Many More of These?
Lyrics by Mikael Karlsson
Sung by Anna von Hausswolff
How many more of these?
How many more?
How many friends like these
Have come here before?

This one has barely begun
Has barely begun

How many years like this?
How many springs?
How many rounds like these?
How many rings?

This one has barely begun
Has barely begun

How many drinks like these
Can you swallow down?
How many fears of yours
Can alcohol drown?

This one will surely go down
Will surely go down

How much faster than this?
How fast can you run?
Our race into the night
My friend, has barely begun