The Art of Dreaming at Lineage Performing Arts Center

Los Angeles, (Elevation Magazine) 02/24/2026

The Lineage Performance Art Center in Pasadena Is Inviting you to explore The Art of Dreaming: a landscape of L.A. voices on stage, March 28-29, a live theatrical production featuring four professional writer-performers, all teaching artists connected to About…Productions’ Young Theaterworks programs are based on their personal, cultural, and L.A.-centric experiences. This is an amazing exploration of people’s personal experiences in LA, which we all know can be very different for different people in such an eclectic landscape.

The production directed by Marlene Beltran explores dreaming as a poetic and active practice in which individuals imagine identity, belonging, perseverance, and future possibility.

Producing Artistic Director Theresa Chavez says: “We are excited to present this original production which features our professional teaching artists and highlights their many talents as Los Angeles-based writers and performers. Exploring the “art of dreaming” in a way that inspires, and contemplates our future individual and collective possibilities, will give audiences a much needed respite from the current onslaught of difficult events in our communities.

The writers/performers were inspired by the youth they mentored to write their own monologues. As part of the Art of the Monologue workshops, many of these students will present their monologues for a multi-school audience before a private matinee performance of The Art of Dreaming.

The writer-performers are:

DATES AND TIMES:

Saturday, March 28th, 2026

Doors open at 7:30 p.m., show at 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, March 29th, 2026

Doors open at 1:30 p.m., show at 2:00 p.m.

INFORMATION AND TICKETS:

$30 at door.