The purpose of this study is to enrich the process of bringing dream images to life. This work explores the convergent depth foundations of dream-work and acting technique. It offers ways to deepen dream interpretation through the use of an actors craft.
Stanislavski, Brecht, Grotowski and Chaikin are significant theatre directors and acting technique innovators. Their contributions to the actors craft are examined for their connections to the unconscious upon which they built their creative frameworks. Specific acting exercises marking the corner stones of their systems are enumerated.

Freud's, Jung's, Hillman's and Gendlin's psychological theories are investigated particularly in relation to their beliefs regarding dreams. They are further explored for specific techniques related to dream-work.

The study concludes with applications to psychotherapy. Procedures employed by an actor to decode a playwright's script in order to understand the meaning of a character, are specifically applied to dream-work. An approach is offered to derive more meaning from dreams through a progression of steps corresponding to the actors craft.