Into The Woods Blog Post

The woods in the play Into the Woods represent our dreams.  When someone in the play wished for something, they went into the woods and their wish came true.  Cinderella, for example, wanted to go to the ball more than anything but had nothing to wear.  She went in to the woods and sang to a magic tree and the tree gave her a beautiful dress to wear to the ball so she was able to go.
The woods represent our dreams because in our dreams we can do anything we want and get anything we want.  We know that in life we can't always get everything we want, it's not realistic.  We can always have goals to strive for but that doesn't necessarily mean we will reach them.  That's not always a bad thing; when you set your goals really high and strive for them, you end up getting further than you ever thought you would regardless of whether you reach the ultimate goal or not.
In our dreams we can do whatever we want and anything is possible.  In Into the Woods, the characters are able to achieve things that aren't possible but because of magic they are able to.  The baker and his wife are unable to conceive a child but because of the magic from the witch they are given hope.  None of this is possible in real life.  We don't have magic unfortunately, but we do have our dreams and in our dreams anything is possible and our dreams give us hope that we can always become a better version of ourselves.