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Man of La Mancha

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.

Top Cast

  • Philip Hernandez

    Philip Hernandez

    Cervantes / Don Quixote

  • Gisela Adisa

    Gisela Adisa

    Aldonza

  • Ceasar F. Barajas

    Ceasar F. Barajas

    Pedro / Prisoner

  • Carlos Encinias

    Carlos Encinias

    Padre / Prisoner

  • Michael Scott Gomez

    Michael Scott Gomez

    Paco / Guard / Hose / Prisoner

  • Paola Hernandez

    Paola Hernandez

    Antonia / Prisoner

  • Tony Manna

    Tony Manna

    Sancho Panza / Prisoner

  • Michael Mendez

    Michael Mendez

    Innkeeper / Tenorio / Prisoner

  • Ian Joseph Paget

    Ian Joseph Paget

    Captain / Anselmo / Prisoner

Overview

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.

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Man of La Mancha

In the 16th century, poet, playwright and part-time actor Miguel de Cervantes has been arrested, together with his manservant, by the Spanish Inquisition. They're accused of presenting an entertainment offensive to the Inquisition. Inside the huge dungeon into which they have been cast, the other inmates gang up on Cervantes and his manservant, staging a mock trial, with the intention of stealing or burning his possessions. Cervantes wishes to desperately save a manuscript he carries with him and stages, with costumes, makeup, and the participation of the other prisoners, an unusual defense—the story of Don Quixote.

Man of La Mancha

6.6 1972