In the video above, watch highlights from Fire in Dreamland, a new play by Rinne Groff which opens July 16 at The Public Theater Off-Broadway. Set in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy and inspired by the 1911 fire that burned down Coney Island’s Dreamland amusement park, the play tells a story about taking risks, falling in love, and our potential to create in the face of devastation.
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Fire in Dreamland is directed by Marissa Wolf and stars Rebecca Naomi Jones and Enver Gjokaj with Kyle Beltran.
In the new play, a disillusioned 30-something woman (Jones) falls for a visionary European filmmaker (Gjokaj) making a film about the 1911 fire that burned down Coney Island's Dreamland amusement park.
Performances began June 19 and are scheduled through August 5 in The Public’s Anspacher Theater.
