The Swedish dramatist August Strindberg once resolved that, "On a flimsy framework of reality, the imagination spins, weaving new patterns." John Cassavettes' 1977 film Opening Night stacks realities like figures in a Russian doll to ingeniously tell the story of an aging, method-acting thespian facing her mortality through a role that melds life and art. For his BAM debut, theatre's latest enfant terrible Ivo van Hove transfers the self-reflexive tale to the stage, erecting an all-in-one set (stage, backstage, and hotel room) and channeling live film and video. Famous for his raw reinterpretations, van Hove strips down art's artifice through the unpredictable maze that is the human psyche.