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ISBN 978-0-573-69799-9Octavio SolisDramatic Comedy6m, 3fInspired 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.“In Teatro Vista’s provocative staging of Solis’s latest work, Márquez meets Beckett in a surreal, tragicomic telenovela. Here the U.S.-Mexico border isn’t so much a patrolled place as a state of mind." –Time Out ChicagoFEE: $75 per performanceCharacter Descriptions: 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 – played by DOLORES
VIVIAN – CELESTINO’s wife, played by SONIA Other Octavio Solis titles available from Samuel French include:
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