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Lumberjack Players' 'Don Quixote' well-done, amusing
"The Wonderful Adventures of Don
Quixote", an amusing little p'••„• — c
modern day Spanish gentleman,
caught up in the fairy tale world of
knighthood, the days of yore, of
rescuing fair damsels in distress- all
in the name of adventure, was well
performed by the Lumberjack
Players this past weekend at the high
school.
The play, in five scenes, centered
around an eccentric Don Quixote de>
LaMancha who imagined himself a
wandering knight, in pursuit of
dragons, old wizards, evil lords,
wicked knights, to win the admiration
of his fair lady- the "most beautiful,
the most gracious" Lady Dulcinea del
Toboso.
Despite crying and pleadings
from his concerned niece, Antonia,
played by Linda Guthman, and his
elderly housekeeper, Josephina,
played by Tricia Woods, Don
Quixote's mind, as rattled as it may
have been, was made up- he would
follow the way of adventure.
Even the two village scholars,
Derek Gagnier as Dr. Sanson
Carrasco, and Mark Yamrick as
Master Nicholas, the local barber,
were stumped to find an immediate
solution to prevent the would-be
knight from setting off. Dr. Carrasco
led his comical sidekick, the barber,
around the stage in circles of "think...
think... think.... think", until "stop",
the answer was clear. They would
humor Don Quixote, at least for a
little while.
On
his
trusty
steed,
"Roscinante", which looked more
like a Schwinn two-wheeler, the nutty
knight and his loyal servant, Sancho
Panza, set off for adventure.
The bickering of Sancho's wife, a
sharp-tongued wench played by Cyndi
Hamilton, soon subsided when she
realized her Sancho would be paid
royally to accompany Don Quixote.
Both the wife, Teresa, and wide-eyed
daughter Sanchita (Kathy Ayotte)
seemed less concerned about papa
leaving, once he plunked down a bag
of coins and a promise that the knight
would soon make Sancho a "duke".
Their travels led the knight and
his squire to a shepherd, Manuel
Gonzalez punishing a young boy,
obviously for some kind of
disobedience. "It is the evil wizard,
and he is trying to turn that boy into a
pig," our hero cried out, ready to slay
the wizard with his trusty wooden
sword. "Looks like a shepherd...
smells like one too," the comical
Sancho grinned at his boss. He
frantically convinced the knight that
perhaps it was not so wise to slay
Jamie Perrigo, to prevent Steven
Peroza from being turned into a pig.
Off again, Don Quixote, confused
the bleating of lambs for cries from
hordes of enemy knights (no doubt
under the employ of his arch rival, the
Knight of the White Moon), and saw
three windmills, as three giants. The
lambs ran away; he was almost
chewed up by the windmills.
Donning a barber's bowl, lifted
from a villager (Andrew Flynn), as
his golden helmet, the wacky warrior
and his side-kick set off again.
Their travels took them to a local
inn, under the proprietorship of an
obliging innkeeper, and his not-soobliging wife.
Miguel (Kirk
Gagnier), smiling from ear to ear,
and his catty wife Alicia, (Meg
Meader i in Don Quixote's mind, the
Lord and Lady of a great castle, were
asked for a solution to end the enchantment of his fair lady, Dulcinea
del Toboso. With a giggle and a teehee, Miguel and Alicia knighted our
wandering hero, and obliged with a
plan to break his lady's enchantmentSancho must whip himself 300 times.
Sancho, claiming he was blow to his derriere. He awakened
cowardly, with sensitive skin, later from his fall, after a sharp blow on the
side-stepped the plan, by offering to head, to find that his foe was indeed
do it alone behind the bushes- a very his friend, Carrasco.
humorous episode.
The play ended with Don
Later while inn residents wat- Quixote's return to his home and to
ched, the knight wildly attacked sanity, surrounded by his many
puppeteers Master Pedro (Mark friends, and his pledge to never let his
Rennell) and Leandro, his assistant mind wander again.
(Amanda
Barkley)
during a
Bill Sapp as Don Quixote and
production of Lady E s m e r a l d a ' s David Naone, as Sancho, played well
Revenge- obviously concerned for together as straight man and comic,
thelady puppet's safety.
and much of their antics reminded us
Before the puppet show was of an old Abbott and Costello movie.
unexpectedly interrupted by the wild Bill's serious portrayal of the flighty
knight, the troupe's pet monkey knight, was well contrasted with
Esteban, a colorful and well- Dave's witty admissions and onecostumed character played by Eric liners.
DeForest, told fortunes to those
All cast members worked well as
assembled, and gingerly hopped a team, and the play progressed
around stage.
smoothly, with lots of laughs and few
Our hero finally thought he had low points.
found
his lovely lady, when
"The Wonderful Adventures of
he mistook country girl Kelly Larkin Don Quixote" was directed by
for Lady Dulcinea. A splash in the Stephen Caise, and his assistant,
face with a pail of water quickly Rebecca Riccio. Set design and
brought the silly knight to his senses, construction was performed by
while Kelly's friends, Ellen Gary and the Lumberjack Players. Other
Lynn Christy, giggled and flirted with behind the scenes people were:
Sancho.
costumes, Barbara Gachowski;
The absent-minded hero's days of make-up, Stephen Caise, Rebecca
adventures came to a sharp close Riccio, Cynthia Hamilton,
Meg
when he finally met his adversary, Meader; tickets and publicity, Meg
the Knight of the White Moon. A well- Meader, lighting, David Naone, Neil
choreographed fight scene ended Martin and Brenda
Bourbeau;
when the evil knight, none other than properties, Rebbeca Riccio and the
Dr. Carrasco in disguise, part of the Lumberjack Players; program, Ann
plan-remember?
out-maneuvered Churco, Julie Churco; curtain, Salla
Don Quixote and delivered a quick Antonia
A shepherd boy fears for his life when Don
Quixote, a wacky, wandering knight
mistakes him for an evil wizard in the
production of "The Wonderful Adventures of
Don Quixote". With Sancho Panza's help,
shepherd Jamie Perrigo convinces the knight
he is no more than a lowly shepherd, and
lucky for him, they did.
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