This Is Not A Pipe Dream

Enter the magical world of surrealist painter René Magritte, the Belgian artist renowned for his whimsical, absurd paintings. The New York Times said of This Is Not A Pipe Dream, “Audiences will leave with an appreciation for the power to transform the ordinary into the wonderful.”

This Is Not a Pipe Dream tells the story of young René, who wants to be an artist despite his father’s protestations. Encouraged by his mother, René pursues his passion, and ventures into a world of delightfully absurd… Show more magic-realism that inspires his famous paintings. The play captures the dreamlike quality of Magritte’s art, and borrows elements from silent films, farce, Commedia dell’arte, and vaudeville to illustrate the transformational power of the imagination

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