Lucid Theater

a theater that dreams

Welcome to our site.

Lucid Theater has a history of lauded productions in Chicago since 2017, including: Leda, Lean Scenes, Charlie Johnson Reads All of Proust, and Metadata. We also have a podcast and YouTube channel. Originally called Continuous Dream, we were inspired to adopt the new identity of Lucid Theater, inspired by the idea that a play is a lucid dream. Continuous Dream remains the name of our podcast, while our stage production wing is now Lucid Theater.

Our next full production will be the premiere of Wells and Welles, directed by Amber Mandley in the summer of 2024 at City Lit Theatre in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago. For more information, please visit the Current Project page. Tickets are through Eventbrite here.

Wells and Welles was inspired by a true bit of history: in 1940, Orson Welles met HG Wells at a hotel in San Antonio, Texas, when by coincidence they both happened to be in town on separate lecture tours. It's two years after the infamous "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast. HG was furious about Orson's prank. Now on this stormy night, Orson has come to HG with a favor to ask.

In the meantime, check out our podcast here on Spotify, with further info about the podcast on its own website here. Feel free to reach out to us at continuousdreamtheatre@gmail.com. Thank you for your support.