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Duane Forrest “Tree of Dreams” Cinematic Theatre at SF International Arts Festival (May 1-3)

Friday, May 1, 2026 - 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Cost: $28.02*
*$28.02 General Admission; Door: $33.17 (fees incl.)

Theater of Yugen at NOHspace | 2840 Mariposa St., San Francisco, CA

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Duane Forrest “Tree of Dreams” Cinematic Theatre at SF International Arts Festival (May 1-3)

Tree of Dreams is an intimate, cinematic theatre experience blending live music, object storytelling, shadow play, and projection. Inspired by The Little Prince, The Alchemist, and Where the Wild Things Are, the show follows a boy growing up in government housing who has forgotten how to dream, but the universe conspires to help him remember.

Duane Forrest “Tree of Dreams”
Friday, May 1, 2026 | 7:30p
Sunday, May 3, 2026 | 6:30p
Theatre of Yugen, 2840 Mariposa St, SF
Get Tickets: $28.02 General Admission (adv) | fees incld.

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Through evocative visuals, transformed everyday objects, and original live music, Tree of Dreams explores what it means to keep dreaming when circumstances tell you not to and how imagination can become an act of survival.

Created by Duane Forrest in collaboration with artists behind the Edinburgh Fringe 2024 sell-out shows Book of Dew and Bob Marley: How Reggae Changed the World, Tree of Dreams offers a visually rich and emotionally resonant journey where reality and inner worlds blur.

Duane Forrest Productions

Duane Forrest Productions is an independent multidisciplinary company founded by Jamaican-Canadian artist Duane Forrest, creating intimate, portable performances that blend original music, object theatre, and community-rooted storytelling. For over a decade, the company has toured internationally across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, East Asia, and Latin America, presenting both theatrical works and concerts at fringe and independent festivals.

Sid Zhang

Sid Zhang is a director, dancer, and poet from Nanjing, China and currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She searches for space between words and their silence and creates visual poetry out of interdisciplinary, movement-based performances.

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Cost: $28.02*
*$28.02 General Admission; Door: $33.17 (fees incl.)
Categories: *Top Pick*, Fairs & Festivals, In Person, Sponsored, Theater & Performance
Address: 2840 Mariposa St., San Francisco, CA

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