Nov 14 - 22 2015
Man of La Mancha

Man of La Mancha

Presented by Claire Trevor School of the Arts at UC Irvine (CTSA) at Unknown

Care, Cure, Corruption Series

Man of La Mancha
Book by Dale Wasserman; Music by Mitch Leigh; Lyrics by Joe Darion
Don Hill, Director
Sheron Wray, Choreographer
Dennis Castellano, Music Director

Miguel de Cervantes, aging and an utter failure as playwright, poet and tax collector, has been thrown into a dungeon in Seville to await trial by the Spanish Inquisition for an offense against the Church. There he is dragged before a kangaroo court of his fellow prisoners, who plan to confiscate his few possessions—including the uncompleted manuscript of a novel, Don Quixote. Cervantes, seeking to save the manuscript, proposes his defense in the form of a play. The "court" agrees, and Cervantes and his manservant apply make-up and costumes, transforming themselves into Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. Quixote – a man of questionable sanity - and Sancho take to the road in a quest to restore the age of chivalry, battle all evil, and right all wrongs.

Based on The Adventures of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra, Man of La Mancha is a comic tragedy of mankind's struggle to better both himself and the world in which he lives; the score is a musical delight, and contains one of the most notable moments in musical theatre as Don Quixote relates his personal credo in "The Impossible Dream."

This show contains adult content.

Admission Info

Tickets:
General $22
Seniors, Groups 10+, UCI Faculty & Staff $20
UCI Students & Children under 17 $12

Dates & Times

2015/11/14 - 2015/11/22

Location Info