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Dreamlandia

  • Octavio Solis
  • Full Length Play, Dramatic Comedy
  • 6M, 3F
  • ISBN: 9780573697999

"In Teatro Vista's provocative staging of Solis's latest work, Márquez meets Beckett in a surreal, tragicomic telenova. Here the U.S.-Mexico border isn't so much a patrolled place as a state of mind."

Time Out Chicago

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Dramatic Comedy

Inspired by Life is a Dream, the towering achievement of Spanish drama, Dreamlandia explores the terrain between illusion and reality. Set in the borderlands between Mexico and Texas, this haunting new play vibrates with the clash of cultures, NAFTA, narcotics, and illegal immigration.

In an ever-changing world, family, cultural and sexual identities collide.
REVIEWS:

"In Teatro Vista's provocative staging of Solis's latest work, Márquez meets Beckett in a surreal, tragicomic telenova. Here the U.S.-Mexico border isn't so much a patrolled place as a state of mind."

 Time Out Chicago

Premiere Production: Dreamlandia was commissioned and produced by Dallas Theatre Center on May 16, 2000.

Characters

  • Casting: 6M, 3F

  • BLANCA (ALFONSO) - young woman
    LAZARO - young man
    PEPÍN - Blanca's brother
    CELESTINO - the Father
    SONIA - his mistress
    FRANK - Border Patrol Sector Chief
    DOLORES - dead, a ghost, Blanca's mother
    SETH - Border Patrolman
    CARL - Border Patrolman
    BUSTAMANTE - plays by DOLORES
    VIVIAN - CELESTINO's wife, played by SONIA

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    Inspired by Life is a Dream, the towering achievement of Spanish drama, Dreamlandia explores the terrain between illusion and reality. Set in the borderlands between Mexico and Texas, this haunting new play vibrates with the clash of cultures, NAFTA, narcotics, and illegal immigration. In an everchanging world, family, cultural and sexual identities collide.

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