Don Juan Dispenso

( 02/28/2010 - 04/04/2010 )

DON JUAN DISPENSO, A YOUNG, PREDATORY, IRRESISTIBLY ATTRACTIVE MAN, TRAVELS ACROSS EUROPE, LEAVING BROKEN HEARTS AND IN SOME CASES, BROKEN SOULS BEHIND HIM. THROUGH ALL OF THIS HIS FAITHFUL MANSERVANT SAM, TALKS TO THE AUDIENCE, COMMENTING ON THE ACTION, BUILDING NARRATIVE BRIDGES FOR THEM BETWEEN EVENTS AND TAKING PART IN THE DRAMA HIMSELF. EVENTUALLY JUAN GETS HIS COMEUPPANCE AND IT IS A SEVERE ONE. HOW HE EMERGES FROM THIS, CHANGED FOR THE BETTER OR FOR THE WORSE, THE PLAY REVEALS EVENTUALLY. ALMOST MORE IMPORTANTLY IT SHOWS ALL OF HIS VICTIMS IN THEIR LIVES AFTER JUAN, AND HOW THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH HIM HAS CHANGED THEM. THE PLAY SURPRISES CONTINUALLY AND IN ITS TWISTS AND TURNS, THERE IS MUCH IRONY AND OUTRIGHT HUMOUR. THIS IS NOT A BLACK PLAY. THE ENDING IS UPBEAT AND ONGOING.