Teatro Círculo and its production of ‘La monja alférez’ at Olmedo Clásico Festival Was a Success in a Sold-Out Performance at Corrala Palacio del Caballero

Photo by Pío Baruque

“It’s a proposal that works and we hope it could continue to be shown in theatres around the world, to make known this historical figure so unknown to the Spanish people, but who deserves a bigger and better space.” – Álvaro Cuéllar (El norte de Castilla)

CREDITS

Direction: Daniel Alonso de Santos
Verse Direction: Karmele Aranburu
Adaptation: Daniel Alonso de Santos &
Germán Vega García-Luengos

 

CAST

María Fontanals – Guzmán
Sandra Gumuzzio – Doña Ana
Eva Cristina Vásquez – Inés
Gerardo Gudiño – Don Diego
Pablo Andrade – Miguel de Erauso
Karmele Aranburu – MC
Mario Mattei – Nuevo Cid & Sebastián de Illumbre
Fernando Gazzaniga – Machín
Tatiana González – Pianist

 

CREATIVE & DESIGN TEAM 

Israel Franco Müller – Production Designer
Eliana Michelle Yost – Assistant Director
Kareliz Michelle De Jesús – Stage Manager, and
Hair & Make-up Designer 
Jei Fabiano – Original Music Composer 
Mario Mattei – Fights Choreographer 

PHOTO GALLERY

See photos from the July 22, 2024 performance at Corrala Palacio del Caballero. Photos by Pío Baruque.

MORE PHOTOS

See photos from the forum about ‘La monja alférez’ as part of the 18 Festival’s Conversations “Y sin embargo, amigos: estudiar y representar a nuestros clásicos” (“And yet, friends: study and represent our classics”) moderated by Germán Vega García-Luengos, with Karmele Aranburu, Daniel Alonso de Santos and Mariano de Paco Serrano on July 23, 2024. Photos by Pío Baruque.

DISCOVER MORE

Visit Teatro Círculo’s Instagram account to enjoy more moments from backstage

Click on the links or photos to read or listen in Spanish:

Interview with Daniel Galindo to Director Daniel Alonso de Santos and to Olmedo Clásico’s Directors Benjamín Sevilla and Germán Vega García-Luengos on Our YouTube Channel

Interview to Actress María Fontanals

Interview to Director Daniel Alonso de Santos

Article about ‘La monja alférez’ and the Transgender Issue Debate at Olmedo, article by Samuel Regueira

Opinion about ‘La monja alférez’, by Álvaro Cuéllar