Torry Bend Presents "Dreaming" at La MaMa

Torry Bend is collaborating with playwright Howard Craft and director JaMeeka Holloway to present Dreaming at La MaMa, October 14-17, 2021. 

Dreaming follows two men deeply affected by Winsor McCay’s comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland. In a world where comic book characters live side by side with real people, Malachi Washington works to free comics cast in prejudiced bodies while Winsor’s son, Bob McCay, seeks to revive the old comic strip. What follows is a compelling story of reckoning, healing, and examining the racist legacy of comics and animation. Bend’s previous work, The Paper Hat Game, received the UNIMA citation of excellence, the highest honor in North American puppetry, and was a New York Times Critic’s pick and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. Read more.