MAN OF LA MANCHA
A REC FOUNDATION "Play in the Park"
September 21 & 22, 2012
Directed by Cynthia Anthony & Jacob Shearer
Musical Direction by John Laird
& Debbie Lagomarsino
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STORY:
Miguel de Cervantes, aging and an utter failure as playwright, poet and tax collector, has been thrown into a dungeon in Seville to await trial by the Inquisition for an offense against the Church. There he is dragged before a kangaroo court of his fellow prisoners, who plan to confiscate his few possessions-including the uncompleted manuscript of a novel, Don Quixote.
Cervantes, seeking to save the manuscript, proposes his defense in the form of a play. The "court" agrees, and Cervantes and his manservant don make-up and costumes, transforming themselves into Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. They then play out the story with the prisoners taking the roles of other characters.
SLIDE SHOW:
Emy Bruzzo as Aldonza/Dulcinea, Larry Baldwin as Miguel De Cervantes/Don Quixote/Alonso Quijana, & Kyle Morillo as Sancho Panza
Emy Bruzzo plays the indomitable, fiery Aldonza.
Larry Baldwin, as Don Quixote and Kyle Morillo as Pancho, Quixote's comical sidekick, contemplate their adventure to rid the world of its wrongs.
On the road.
I Am I, Don Quixote
Tilting at windmills.
Andy Anthony, M.D. plays the Inquistor seeking Don Quixote in the dungeon
Fellow prisioners Larry Conklin and Jamie McMillan look on as the story unfolds.
The muleteers stop for a drink at the Inn where they encounter Don Quixote. Seen here are Jacob Shearer, Garrett Larson and Alex Delbar.
It's All the Same / Dulcinea
I'm Only Thinking of You
Grace Anthony, as the Maid, hopes for a brighter future.
I'm Only Thinking of You
The padre, played by Frank Ruberto, tries to explain Don Quixote.
Pancho Sanza brings a missive to Aldonza.
I Like Him
Little Bird
Don Quixote sees the impossible.
Aldonza scoffs at the Muletters.
Cynthia addresses the audience during Intermission.
Quixote demands the Golden Helmet of Mambrino
To Dream the Impossible Dream
Quixote fights for the honor of Aldonza, his Dulcinea.
The gypsy shock and amuse Quixote and Sancho.
Kinght of the Woeful Countenance
The Innkeeper, played by Michael Siebrass, crowns Quixote as the Knight of the Woeful Countenance.
Forced to look in the mirror, Don Quixote is shattered to see his true self.
The Inquistor enters the dungeon in search of Quixote.
Aldonza begs Quixote to find his strength.
Weak and ill, Quixote is cared for by his beloved Dulcinea.
