第一場【夢】Scene 1．A Dream

一聲鐘響，一滴墨，暈開天空化為文字，喚醒人們閱讀靈魂。

▎Dramatis Persona ▎ Image – Man
As the bell sounds, a drop of ink diffuses in the sky and turns into ideograms, arousing a spiritual longing to read.

第二場【醒】Scene 2．The Awakening

角色｜葛里戈 – 大蟲
葛里戈從夢中醒來，發現自己變成一隻遠古重生的大蟲。時鐘劇烈震動、催促，雨滴滴答答打在屋簷。蟲仍疲累，爬不起床，昏沉入夢。

▎Dramatis Personae ▎Gregor Samsa, Bug
Gregor awakens from a dream, realizing that he has transformed into a bug, an ancient soul reincarnate. The clock violently rocks and urges while raindrops dribble from the eave. The bug is too weary to get out of bed and falls back into slumber.

第三場【門】Scene 3．The Door

角色｜嬰兒、人子、父親
一個孤獨的嬰兒，在冬夜中被丟出門外，不論他如何啼哭，都沒有被赦免的希望。因為，這扇門是專為他而設的。讀劇人吳興國，意圖入侵蟲的潛意識，入侵卡夫卡門中門，夢中夢的記憶，閱讀他的出生、童年、到成人的內心世界。

▎Dramatis Personae ▎Baby, Son, Father
A lone baby orphan is dumped outside a door in a winter night. He has no chance of being pardoned no matter how hard he cries because this is a door custom-made for him. Wu Hsing-kuo’s interpretation intrudes the bug’s subconscious, Kafka’s door within a door and dream within a dream. It is a reading of his inner world from birth, childhood, to adulthood.

第四場【愛】Scene 4．Love

角色｜妹妹 母親 情人
踏著優美悲傷的樂聲，朝向生命的燭光，就像撲來的飛蛾。妹妹是第一個進門的人，吸吮著她帶來的食物，蟲愉悅地爬上天花板並倚窗望外，綺想妹妹、母親、情人，都住在充滿花香的園林。葛里戈抱住畫框中的美女，遭到父親用蘋果轟炸痛擊。畫框墜地，蟲受傷，蘋果陷入背脊。這是吳興國為卡夫卡精心打造的《遊園驚夢》。

Dramatis Personae ︱ Sister, Mother, Beloved
The music is forlorn but beautiful, and the move toward life’s candlelight resembles a moth’s into a fire. Gregor’s sister visits him. Having devoured the food she brings, the gratified bug climbs up the ceiling to look out the window, fantasizing about his sister, mother, and beloved residing in a garden full of fragrant flowers. Gregor embraces his beloved lady in a framed painting, but is violently attacked by his father with apples. The picture falls to the ground, and Gregor is injured, with an apple sunken into his back. This is Wu Hsing-kuo’s unique Kafkian rendering of two famous Kunqu scenes “A Garden Stroll” and “An Interrupted Dream.”

第五場【禁】Scene 5．Inhibition
角色｜卡夫卡 蟲 吳興國
受傷而孤寂的蟲，失去妹妹的關愛更加絕望，一動不動，食不下嚥，想從芸芸眾生中消失。卡夫卡出現了，吳興國跳出來了，一起激勵葛里戈，站起來！起身戰鬥，為自己而活，繼續生存⋯。

Dramatis Personae ︱ Kafka, Bug, Wu Hsing-kuo
Deserted and wounded, deprived of his sister’s care and love, the bug despairs and refrains from moving or eating. He only wishes to vanish from the world. Kafka appears, and Wu Hsing-kuo emerges. Together they encourage Gregor. He must stand up and fight, and he must live, and live for himself.

第六場【飛】Scene 6．Flying
角色 ｜鳥
一聲鐘響，一隻鳥，飛過，天空從黑夜轉為黎明。鳥找到一片無垠無涯的淨土，自由自在地飛舞。似乎看見蟲的靈魂隨著樂聲，徜徉在天地之間。最後，羽化升天。

Dramatis Personae ︱ Bird
As the bell sounds, a bird flies over. Night turns into dawn. The bird spots an infinite pure land, above which it hovers and glides freely. Dancing to the music, the soul of the bug roams between heaven and earth and ascends into the sky.