Scenic Design by Leigh Henderson
Teatro Visión (San José, CA), April 2023
adapted by Anne Ludlum and David Quicksall
based on Don Quijote de la Mancha, Parts I and II, by Miguel de Cervantes
Directed by Rodrigo García
Brought to life by a talented ensemble of youth actors from across San José, Don Quixote and his squire Sancho Panza traverse the plains of La Mancha in search of daring adventures.
The scenery envisions the story of Don Quixote is brought to life by imaginative children using props found around a theater. Hanging chairs, picture frames, ragged curtains, and piles of crates, barrels, globe, rocking horse, and candelabras create a world that, like the story of Don Quixote, hovers between deterioration and magical possibility. The windmill is made from brooms mounted on a rolling ladder. Scooters serves as horses, a tricycle as a donkey, a red wagon as a sedan chair.