How to Cultivate Your REM Cycle​

(2026)

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“Enigmatic, arresting, oddly satisfying and frankly, brilliant”-View/ReView

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Blending dance, theater, live music, text, and projection, How to Cultivate Your REM Cycle follows The Sleeper and The Dreamer through disrupted nights, looping thoughts, and strange inner landscapes. As dreams fracture and time slips, the piece asks what happens when rest becomes impossible — and what we lose when we stop dreaming.

 

Concept and Direction: Helen Hatch

 

Choreography: Helen Hatch in collaboration with the performers

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Text and acting direction: Jon Ferguson

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Original Music: Joe Strachan with Seth Conover

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Cast: Artemis Brown and Joe Tennis with Juliana Johnson, Connor Simone, and Emily Trapnell. Kaiteline Dambrine and Noelle Jackson, apprentices. Special appearance by Barbra Berlovitz.​

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Lighting Design: Karin Olson

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Costume Design: Jenny Hawkins-Hatch

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Video Projections: Andrew Hatling

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Set Design: Artemis Brown

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Stage Manager: Annika Knutson​

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Duration: Act 1: 45 minutes, Act 2: 30 minutes

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Premiered at The Southern Theater in Minneapolis on March 26th, 2026 with additional performances March 27-29.​​