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World-Premiere Telenovela Comedy

Destiny of Desire

  • Credits

    By Karen Zacarías
    Directed by José Luis Valenzuela

  • Location

    Kreeger Theater

Part of the Women's Voices Theater Festival.

On a stormy night in Bellarica, Mexico, two baby girls are born — one into a life of privilege and one into a life of poverty. When the newborns are swapped by a former beauty queen with an insatiable lust for power, the stage is set for two outrageous misfortunes to grow into one remarkable destiny. “A writer of comedic skill” (Variety), Helen Hayes Award-winning playwright Karen Zacarías (The Book Club Play) infuses the Latin American telenovela genre with music, high drama and burning passion to make for a fast-paced modern comedy. Part of the Women's Voices Theater Festival.

Destiny of Desire is generously sponsored by Beth Newburger Schwartz and John W. Layman, and is the recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New Play Award. The commission of Destiny of Desire was supported by The Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation’s Women Playwrights Commissioning Program.

Cast

ESPERANZA AMERICA

Pilar Castillo

OSCAR CEVILLE

Dr. Jorge Ramiro Mendoza

GABRIELA FERNANDEZ-COFFEY

Fabiola Castillo

CARLOS GOMEZ

Ernesto del Rio

FIDEL GOMEZ

Dr. Diego Mendoza

RAYANNE GONZALES

Hortencia del Rio / Fight Captain

CASTULO GUERRA

Armando Castillo

MARIAN LICHA

Sister Sonia

NICHOLAS RODRIGUEZ

Sebastian Jose Castillo

ELIA SALDANA

Victoria del Rio

ROSINO SERRANO

Augustin Lara, Jr.

Creative

KAREN ZACARIAS

Playwright

JOSE LUIS VALENZUELA

Director

FRANÇOIS-PIERRE COUTURE

Set Designer

PABLO SANTIAGO

Lighting Designer

JULIE WEISS

Costume Designer

JOHN ZALEWSKI

Sound Designer

ANNE NESMITH

Wig Designer

KURT HALL

Stage Manager

TREVOR A. RILEY

Assistant Stage Manager

PAULINE O'CON

Los Angeles Casting

ROSALINDA MORALES

Los Angeles Casting

Multimedia

Photo of Nicholas Rodriguez and Esperanza America by C. Stanley Photography.
Photo of Esperanza America, Elia Saldaña and Fidel Gomez by C. Stanley Photography.
Photo of the company of 'Destiny of Desire' by C. Stanley Photography.
Photo of Cástulo Guerra and Gabriela Fernandez-Coffey by C. Stanley Photography.
Photo of Elia Saldaña, Rayanne Gonzales, Oscar Ceville and Carlos Gomez by C. Stanley Photography.
Photo of Elia Saldaña and Fidel Gomez by C. Stanley Photography.
Photo of Marian Licha, Gabriela Fernandez-Coffey and Oscar Ceville by C. Stanley Photography.
Photo of Carlos Gómez and Elia Saldaña by C. Stanley Photography.
Photo of Gabriela Fernandez-Coffey by C. Stanley Photography.
Photo of Cástulo Guerra and Nicholas Rodriguez by C. Stanley Photography.
Photo of Elia Saldaña and Esperanza America by C. Stanley Photography.