Villagers all join together to kill their tyrannous overlord and are ultimately "justified" in their rebellion by receiving a free pardon from the king. The message of this political play, whose meaning is still valid today, is "the duty of all governments to give to no man placed in a position of authority the opportunity to gratify his greed for power." Fuente Ovejuna (Mitchell) is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
Directed by Melanie Queponds
Written by Lope de Vega, translated by Adrian Mitchell
Performed on Oct. 31–Nov. 2, 6–9, Barnelle Theatre
Cast
Gabriela Jones as Laurencia
Anton Reyes as Frondoso
Iago Lashua as Commander Gomez
Zach Scrima as Captain Flores
Evan Flores as Sergeant Ortuno
Gillian Quimby as Pascuala
Mateo Tomas Hercules Gonzalez as Barrildo
Hayes Golightly as Mengo
Joshua Jiang as Esteban
Chase Carroll as Juan Rojo
Matt Black as Alonso
Kendra Gottardi as Master of Calatrava and others
Rachael DeBoer as Queen Isabella and Jacinta
Nina Cajuste as King Ferdinand and Enrique
Katarina Brosvik as Don Manrique and Maria
Quinn DeVries as Cimbranos and others
Production Team
Director: Melanie Queponds
Fight Director: Jo Ann Mendelson
Intimacy Director: Meagan Prahl
Assistant Director: Rodrigo Borges de Assis
Production Stage Manager: Christina Van Geel
Assistant Stage Manager, Sound Computer Technician: Kat Hansen
Assistant Stage Managers: Alannah Powell, Penelope Sauer
Set Designer: Marueen Beld
Sound Designer: Stryder Larsen
Costume Designer: Justine Rocha
Asst. Props Designer: Kaitlyn/Breyer Kopensky
Musical Composition: Gillian Quimby
Asst. Set Designer, Lighting Board Operator: Brendan Fanzone
Makeup Consultant: Isabelle Warden
Running Crew: Arthur Allison, Alexandra Volodchinskaya, Will Perez, Leeandre Travis
House Management
House Managers: Charlie Hazelton, Zen Ng
Merch Managers: Claire Rogan, Ella Jensen, Lucas Santiago
Ushers: Noura Smith, Emily Ludar, Zeynep Acar, Nick Trafton, Tyler Negron, David Chiavaroli, Neel Sethi, Skyla Fernandez, Shamarie Whittaker