The Night Of The Iguana
October 14 - November 7, 2004
Rubicon Theatre Company
Ventura, California
November 18 - December 11, 2004
Manitoba Theatre Centre
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Maxine Faulk... Stephanie McNamara
Pedro... Armando Rey
Pancho... Victor Gomez
Reverend Shannon... Richard Eden
Hank... Chris Cotone
Herr Fahrenkopf... Rudolph Willrich
Frau Fahrenkopf... Von Rae Wood
Wolfgang... Craig Mulgrew
Judith Fellowes... Laurel Lyle
Hannah Jelkes... Stephanie Zimbalist
Charlotte Goodall... Anne Ross
Jonathan Coffin (Nonno)... Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Jake Latta... Joseph Fuqua

Tennessee Williams' autumnal masterpiece is set in the summer of 1940 on the veranda of a rather rustic and very Bohemian hotel, the Costa Verde, which as its name implies, sits on a jungle-covered hilltop overlooking the "caleta" or "morning beach," of Puerta Barrio on the west coast of Mexico, near Acapulco.

 Here, four of life's castaways converge to share their desperate circumstances and wistful dreams: Shannon, a defrocked minister-turned-tour guide who struggles to hold on to the last shreds of his own decency; Hannah, the serene New England painter with whom Shannon has a strange and immediate connection; Nonno, the oldest living poet who longs to complete his final stanza; and Maxine, the lusty hotel owner who wants Shannon all to herself.

Winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, this poetic play is described by the New York Daily News as, "Williams in a searching, mystic, poetic mood, the mood that gave us The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire.  This play will haunt you, haunt you with the things said and unsaid; haunt you with its beauty!"

 

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