Camino Real

May 23, 2026

Camino Real

Camino Real was performed from February 03 to March 13, 2011 at the Theatre @ the Boston Court. It was directed by Jessica Kubzansky.

The cast included
Ashli Adams, Marissa Chibas, Chris Chiquet, Mitchell Colley, Tim Cummings, Cristina Frias, Matthew Goodrich, Jasmine Hughes, Shanna Malcolm, Murphy Martin, Frank Raducz, Christopher Rivas, Zachary Schwartz, Caitlin Teeley, Joseph Thomas, Brian Tichnell, Kalean Ung, Lenny Von Dohlen, Michael Aurelio Voorhees, and Harley Ware.

The play synopsis as found on Wikipedia,

The play has one location — the plaza at the end of the road — Camino Real. On one side of the plaza is the dining area of the Siete Mares hotel, on the other side is Skid Row. The town is near the sea, and is tropical, mythic, and sometimes dream-like. It isn’t named, though it suggests Mexico or Louisiana. According to the author, the play exists "outside of time in a place of no specific locality".^[2] It is a place of refuge for the quirky misfits that turn up there, and find their illusions crumble. Characters include Lord Byron, Gypsy and her sex-driven daughter, Esmerelda, La Madrecita, a blind singer, and Casanova at an advanced age.

The division of the play includes a prologue followed by 16 scenes or “blocks” and monologues.

Sancho Panza has left Don Quixote, who then falls asleep, and Quixote's dream, which ensues, becomes the play. Quixote needs someone to replace Panza, so he selects Kilroy, a dispirited American soldier, who had appeared on the plaza. Kilroy has been courageous in his boxing career, but now he feels lost, and needs to sell his golden gloves.

The cruel Gutman, builds The Seven Seas Hotel above the town's water source. Other characters appear in dreams, including Camille, Lord Byron, Esmeralda, La Madrecita (a blind singer), and Baron de Charlus, the sexual seeker who is murdered. Some characters find partners and some do not.

Resurrections occur: Esmeralda regains her virginity, the singer’s eyesight is restored, Kilroy and Lord Byron are transformed.

Marguerite tells Casanova that she has outlived the tenderness of her heart, and that "tenderness, the violets in the mountains—can't break the rocks!" Casanova falls in love and has the last line of the play: "The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks."