TeXi’s have refined both the script and direction of “Silence in the dream,”a work based on Junichiro Tanizaki’s “A Portrait of Shunkin” which was performed at the SENGAWA THEATER Competition in May 2023. It has been revamped as a piece allowing audience members to move around freely in a performance that takes place simultaneously in multiple galleries. This meant of course there were scenes that could or could not be seen depending on the audience’s choices; and the theater-going experience overlapped with the world that was visible/invisible to the characters Shunkin, Sasuke, and others around them.

Written and directed by: Ayano Tezuka (TeXi’s)
Based on: “A Portrait of Shunkin” by Junichiro Tanizaki
Performed by: Asahi Omata (Urbanyabanjin), Kanami, Kohei Tsuchiya (Kigeki no Heroine), Chiho Nakajima, Erika Noda (Ningen　no Joken), Michi Furukawa (TeXi’s)

Production staff
Associate director: Sui Yashichi
Lighting: Toshiki Ogata (Kurozaru)
Sound: Shomi Sakurauchi (Ofuton), Issei Osaki (Kuniyoshigumi)
Stage manager: Sayo Sugiyama
Video: Yuki Matsuo (Toyama no Haruka, KPR/ Kaimaku Pennant Race)
Production: Haruka Kawano (Nuthmique)
Publicity art: Michi Furukawa (TeXi’s)