'Camino Real' by Tennessee Williams unfolds in a dusty town square with contrasting locales, creating a surreal and dreamlike ambiance. Its characters navigate a world of danger and seduction, blurring the lines of reality. The tone of the play is lighter than other Williams works, promoting a dreamy, feverish quality. The set design by Dustin Wills and Kate Noll enhances this atmosphere, evoking a sense of shabby sweetness. The experience of the play evokes questions of location and identity, challenging both players and watchers in a uniquely immersive setting.
The setting is a dusty town square, bordered on one side by the posh Siete Mares Hotel and on the other by the city's worst quarter, fronted by the Ritz Men Only.
Williams's title is deliberately confusing; we are at the 'end of the Camino Real and the beginning of the Camino Real,' a character says while reading a map.
The mood in 'Camino Real,' though, is far lighter-you can feel the playwright subsiding into the heat in a kind of feverish lassitude.
Director Dustin Wills has co-designed a surreal set, full of shabby, sentimental sweetness, with the designer Kate Noll.
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