The Big Dictionary of Dreams

by Martha Clarke
The dreams are, in and of themselves, works of theater represented by the fears, problems, and hopes of your imagination. Theater, overall, is a dream within another dream. The plays are the staging of morals, critiques, and observations that will help you reach the desired emotional and psychological equilibrium. Since the Greek tragedies, there has always been the desire to portray intimate emotions through theater with the end of gaining wisdom, resignation before the inevitable, etc. So, dreaming that you see a play foretells a period of benefits and satisfaction in general. In the same fashion, you should try to decipher what each element of the piece means.

If you are not participating in the performance, it denotes that you are living too passively. On the contrary, if you are in the scene it signifies the desire to take the reins in your life. To do so, you should analyze and pay attention to what occurs during the play, as the plot will reveal the essence of the dream. Further, the role that you play in the piece could be very revealing.

Those wise men who have reached a high level of consciousness assure that life is like a play. You play a small and short role within the entirety of the cosmic game. When you die, you take off the costume and return to your true identity. A curious superstition says that, if you dream that your teeth fall out, you will give birth to a boy who will be very famous in the world of theater.

My Dream Interpretation

by myjellybean
If you dream of being in an old-fashioned theater, you will have pleasure in the company of new friends. You will probably find that things in your life run quite smoothly shortly after this dream.

If you dream of watching a play in a theatre, one of your male friends is interested in a more romantic relationship with you. You may date him for social reasons, even if you don’t like him that way.

If you dream that you are acting in a play, these happy times will be interrupted by something annoying.

If you applaud and laugh at a theatre, you will avoid responsibility to chase after your whims.

Dreaming of being an actor/actress can also mean that you have been dishonest, with others or yourself.

If it’s a pleasant dream, lying has worked in your favor, but it could have bad consequences. Watching actors in a dream means you feel out of control. Meeting an actor warns of a false friend coming into your life.

If you have trouble getting to or from a play in your dream, or if there are upsetting or weird scenes in the play, you will be confronted with unpleasant surprises.

If you have to escape from a theater in your dream, because of a fire or another danger, it is a signal that you will engage in a risky enterprise in real life.

Ten Thousand Dream Interpretation

by Gustavus Hindman Miller
To dream of being at a theater, denotes that you will have much pleasure in the company of new friends. Your affairs will be satisfactory after this dream.

If you are one of the players, your pleasures will be of short duration.

If you attend a vaudeville theater, you are in danger of losing property through silly pleasures.

If it is a grand opera, you will succeed in you wishes and aspirations.

If you applaud and laugh at a theater, you will sacrifice duty to the gratification of fancy.

To dream of trying to escape from one during a fire or other excitement, foretells that you will engage in some enterprise, which will be hazardous.