THE PLAY
"158 Steps" is a solo play that tells the story of an immigrant striving to find his place in the world. After failing to achieve the recognition he longed for in his home country, the actor decides to pursue an artistic career abroad. Now, he finds himself caught between two worlds: the harsh reality of survival and the dream of landing a worthy role in Los Angeles. As failures accumulate and his goal seems increasingly out of reach, the boundaries between reality, memory, and dream begin to dissolve—leading the actor to a turning point where he no longer asks who he is, but what he is.
THE JOURNEY
So many steps to get here, always slipping on the razor's edge - not to get cut, but never far from the pain. In 158 Steps, the journey of an immigrant artist unfolds through fragments of memory, dreams, and rejection. Survival becomes performance and identity shifts with each scene.
It is a solo theatrical performance that uses metatheater to place the languages of theater and cinema in constant dialogue, offering multiple perspectives on the same event. Blending dramatic and narrative text, ironic and even comedic scenes with deep and intense situations, the piece becomes a poetic journey through universal themes such as immigration, identity, art, the pursuit of a dream, family, and more.