Live Screenplay Reading | 60 minutes | The Cary Theater
Dream Meanings
Screenplay By: Rebecca Kane
Stage Direction By: Debra Grannan
Charlotte flips through a book of the meaning of symbols in our dreams, trying to figure out what a frequently occurring umbrella means, and how she can get rid of it. With her sister’s help, she quickly figures out that what’s tormenting her in the night can’t be found in a book.
Rebecca Kane is a playwright, artistic administrator, stage manager, retired emo kid, and oatmilk enthusiast living in Astoria, Queens, by way of South Florida. Her plays have been produced in multiple states across the U.S. (fifteen and counting), as well as streamed for performance as far as Delhi, India. Seven of her short plays and monologues have received at least one publication, including in Durham, England. She’s been featured in the Smith & Kraus “Best Of” publications four separate times. She was a CyberTank Featured Artist at The Tank in 2020, a playwright in residence with Rogue Theater Festival and Rising Sun Performance Company, a City Artist Corps grant recipient from the New York Foundation for the Arts, and has too many Finalist titles in various playwriting competitions to conveniently list them here.
A special Q&A with writer Rebecca Kane follows the performance. Dream Meanings is the 2026 Grand Jury Winner for Best Screenplay.