Don Juan In Despair
Don Juan In Despair
Flying Phoenix
Green Venue, Orlando International Fringe Theater Festival
Don Juan Tenorio sits on a nearly bare stage, musing about how his legendary seductions are made irrelevant by today’s loose moral standards. A young, more modern Don Carlos walks on stage with brief case and cell phone. They debate the relative merits of a quick, easy seduction with no remorse vs. the dangers of seducing women surrounded by fathers and brothers and mothers all armed with good Toledo steel. Two female tourists wander on stage, the men shrug, and offer to escort them around town.
While the story is short and feels more like a writing exercise than a full play, it’s not quite as bad as I had been lead to believe by beer tent scuttlebutt. The idea is interesting but lacks development, although the actors were up to snuff and Don Juan’s Sword was very impressive.
This show is presented as part of the 17th Orlando International Fringe Theater Festival. Information on times, tickets, and venue location my be found at http://OrlandoFringe.org/
May 27th, 2008 at 10:42 am
I saw the play and I thought it was quite good. The length of the play is not what is important it is the story and how well the actors portrayed their characters. The audience responded well to what was happening and there was laughter where there should have been laughter. It was a joy to watch.