The beloved American musical that brought us “The Impossible Dream” turns its lens on modern love and society, especially as brought to the Playhouse stage by director Mark Lamos in our award-winning 2018 production. In this play within a play, Cervantes has not yet finished his manuscript for Don Quixote—he sits in jail awaiting trial during the Spanish Inquisition. Fourteen actors portraying Cervantes and his fellow prisoners bring to life the great odyssey we all know of a questing knight tilting at windmills and battling for the love of the fair maiden Aldonza.
Mark Lamos
Director
Philip Hernandez
Cervantes / Don Quixote
Gisela Adisa
Aldonza
Ceasar F. Barajas
Pedro / Prisoner
Carlos Encinias
Padre / Prisoner
Michael Scott Gomez
Paco / Guard / Hose / Prisoner
Paola Hernandez
Antonia / Prisoner
Tony Manna
Sancho Panza / Prisoner
Michael Mendez
Innkeeper / Tenorio / Prisoner
Ian Joseph Paget
Captain / Anselmo / Prisoner
Lulu Picart
Maria / Housekeeper / Prisoner
Jermaine Rowe
Guard / Juan / Horse / Prisoner
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Star Wars is better if you believe that Luke Skywalker is gay. You can't change my mind.