The Hunchback of Seville
by Charise Castro Smith
September 24 (preview), 25, 26, October 1, 2, 3 at 7:30 pm
September 27 and October 4 at 2:30 pm
Carole & Gordon Mallett Theatre
Staged in the intimate Carole & Gordon Mallett Theatre, be prepared to meet Christopher Columbus at the turn of the 16th century, just returned from the New World with gold in his pockets and blood on his hands. Maxima Terriblé Segunda, the brilliant, adopted sister of dying Her Royal Highness Queen Isabella, is living out her life locked away in a tower…until it is decided that the future of the country is in her nerdy, reclusive hands. In a bitingly funny and madcap take on Spanish history and colonialism, Maxima weaves her way through mountains of prejudice, politics, religion, and the horrors of history.