La vida es sueño, de Pedro Calderón de la Barca. Versión de Virtudes Serrano

Although audience reaction was mixed at the Spanish premiere of the production, Teatro Círculo’s La vida es sueño has just won three awards from Premios ATI (Artistas Teatro Independientes/Independent Theater Artists Awards for Hispanic Actors) in “Categoría Mejor producción teatro clásico,” “Categoría Mejor dirección teatro clásico” (Mariano de Paco Serrano), and “Categoría Mejores actores teatro clásico” (Jerry Soto, Daniel Alonso, Eva Cristina Vásquez, Fernando Gazzaniga, María Fontanals, Catherine Núñez, Juan Luis Acevedo). The last, given to the entire ensemble, could not have been given to an individual actor or only a portion of the cast, as the minimalist production removes all identifying markers and the actors interchange roles continuously. To say that one actor stood out among the others would be a practical impossibility. The production is a minimalist expression of the interchangability of the roles we play, alluding to Calderón’s auto sacramental El gran teatro del mundo, while...