Man of La Mancha

Man of La Mancha (2021) is a adventure, comedy film directed by Mark Lamos.

The beloved American musical that brought us “The Impossible Dream” turns its lens on modern love and society, especially as brought to the Playhouse stage by director Mark Lamos in our award-winning 2018 production. In this play within a play, Cervantes has not yet finished his manuscript for Don Quixote—he sits in jail awaiting trial during the Spanish Inquisition. Fourteen actors portraying Cervantes and his fellow prisoners bring to life the great odyssey we all know of a questing knight tilting at windmills and battling for the love of the fair maiden Aldonza.

Cast

Philip Hernandez

Cervantes / Don Quixote

Gisela Adisa

Aldonza

Ceasar F. Barajas

Pedro / Prisoner

Carlos Encinias

Padre / Prisoner

Michael Scott Gomez

Paco / Guard / Hose / Prisoner

Paola Hernandez

Antonia / Prisoner

Tony Manna

Sancho Panza / Prisoner

Michael Mendez

Innkeeper / Tenorio / Prisoner

Ian Joseph Paget

Captain / Anselmo / Prisoner

Lulu Picart

Maria / Housekeeper / Prisoner

Jermaine Rowe

Guard / Juan / Horse / Prisoner

David Sattler

Governor / Prisoner