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Show , i i : y. ' .'. i , , r . ' ;'.!',. v..',;: W :v:. j 'V i I I ,f " "- I 1 PMT PRODUCTION "A man must come to terms with life as it is," Carrasco, played by Richard Jewkes, tells Don Quixote, played by Robert Peterson, in the Pioneer Memorial Theatre Production, "Man of LaMancha," an award-winning Broadway musical playing through March 7. Mm of La Mancha" car-(on car-(on Don Quixote's quest ol ;e impossible dream" on (i Main Stage through c:lil pjEaard-winning Broad-j Broad-j musical, who celebrated me song "The Quest" He Impossible Dream"! is tl) recognized as a tribute nan's optimism and unliable un-liable spirit, takes place sily in the imagination of (diil Miguel de Cervantes, ireed with "offenses 1 nosl the Majesty's Most s Hie Church" and tossed lb Seville dungeon among iks and murderers, Cer-issduns Cer-issduns a beard and tells Bow inmates the adven-t-ofking-errant Quixote-a Lol. singing knight who i out to battle all evils and !l ill wrongs. 'Certainly everyone at one tor another in his life has -Tifheslrived very hard and -j: pursued .his Qvn dream., tie could truly reach out d touch that star." said rector Travis DeCastro. de-' ibing the univeral appeal of i i hi.. i Dale Wasserman's musical adaptation of the Spanish classic clas-sic Don Quixote. DeCASTRO, now of New York, holds a master's in Fine Arts from the University of Utah and has performed numerous num-erous times on Lees Main Stage. Recently, he has worked work-ed on the Off-Broad production produc-tion "Goddbye Freddy" due to open in April and has appeared as Louie Howe and Rooster Hannigan in the National Na-tional Touring Company of "Annie." Robert Peterson will recreate recre-ate his overwhelmingly successful suc-cessful first role on Lees Main Stage. His dual portrayal of Cervantes-Quixote in 1970 inspired in-spired such an enthusiastic response re-sponse that the musical became be-came the first in PMT's history to be held over and rescheduled resche-duled for the following season. Peterson has won praise for more than 250 individual per-, per-, formances of a dozen different productions of "Man of LaMancha. THE CAST contains other seasoned performers who have appeared in "Man of La Mancha" during their professional profes-sional careers. Kristen Hurst-Hyde Hurst-Hyde plays Aldonza, the kitchen wench Quixote envisions envi-sions as a fair damsel. It's the fourth time she's played Aldonza. which is her favorite musical theatre role because it's "so fully dimensional." "Aldonza runs the gamut of emotions from deep despair to sublime joy." said Hurst-Hyde Hurst-Hyde who has previously appeared at PMT in "Robert and Elizabeth" and "Merry Widow." "As a result, it's very gratifying." ROBERT BAKER, last seen on the Main Stage as Stewpot in "South Pacific," is cast as Sancho Panza. Quixote's loyal servant. He appeared in the musical three years ago at the Osmond Entertainment Center. Cen-ter. Noel Twitchell recreates . the role of Padre that he played in 1971. . Richard Jewkes. cast as Dr. Carrasco. previously played Pedro in the touring production produc-tion 10 years ago. Only local professional Michael Ruud. who plays the Governor and Inkeeper. has never appeared in the musical. Even director DeCastro performed in the 1979 touring production. THE PMT Company includes: in-cludes: Tim Brantley. Matthew Matth-ew B. Cairns. Mark Chambers. Cham-bers. Jonathan Greenman. D. Kenneth Harper. Ronald C. Harris. Sonja Hertling, Denise Kap. Stephen Dexter Kerr. Doug LaBrecque. Heather Macauley. Jeff K. Meadows. Wayne Love Miller. Stephen Reed. Wendy Talley and Tracey Williams. Ron Crosby. PMT's scenic designer, has created a prison on stage, what DeCastro calls one of the most realistic sets ever designed for "Man of La Mancha." "THE SHOW is 70 percent fantasy, but an actual prison on stage strengthens the reality part of the production." DeCastro De-Castro said. "When Cervantes is telling the story of Don Quixote Quix-ote to his fellow prisoners, what is real is always looming . ..behind him." |