Loco for Love: Cervantes v. Shakespeare

Start the evening at 6:00 pm with a reception featuring Charles Santiago playing classical Spanish guitar selections from the 1600s. Then at 6:30 Shakespearean scholars, Terri Bourus and Gary Taylor are scheduled to introduce the interactive performance by Theater with a Mission.

At 7:00 pm join us for a fun, historic take on a romantic cliffhanger! The “Loco for Love” play portrays famous authors Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare competing for the title of “World Champion Storyteller” as they present scenes from the life of the character Cardenio – a man driven “loco” when his best friend steals his fiancée. (Cervantes introduced Cardenio as a sort of lunatic side character in his novel “Don Quixote” in 1605. Shakespeare re-visited this character a few years later in his own last, lost play, “The History of Cardenio.”) The audience will vote with a “viva!” or “huzzah!” to indicate their favorite playwright in each round of scenes. The script, like its title, includes both English and Spanish.