Virginia Suárez Vega

Author: Tennessee Williams

Title: “El Zoo de Cristal”

Company Cristina Rota Prductions

Stage manage: Agustín Alezzo

Cast:

Luis Tosar                            Tom

Cristina Rota                        Amanda

María Botto                          Laura

Juan Carlos Vallido              Jim

Artistic and technical group:

Scenography and wardrobe                                       Ana Garay

Scenography assistant and wardrobe                         Teresa Rodrigo

Lighting                                                                      Felipe Ramos

Original sound track                                                   Mariano Marín

Musicians                                                                    Patxi Urchegui/J.M. Pérez Sagaste

                                                                                    Mariano Martín

Recorging Studio                                                        “Sound Gardon”

Sound ingenier                                                             Pepe Manchado

Vals choreography                                                       Mónica Ronde

Graphic design                                                             Luis Castro

Photography and Tom’s father portrait                        Jean Pierre Lados

Press                                                                             CNC/María Díaz

Communication                                                            CNC/Alicia Ovando

Assistant production                                                     Amanda Rodríguez

Head production                                                           Carlos Montalvo

Exicutive production and distribution                          Theatricals Productions

                                                                                      Contemporáneas S.L.

                                                                                      Producciones Cristina Rota, S.A

Production:

Technical team

Scenography production                                               Montenegro S.A

Wardrobe production                                                    Cornejo

Props                                                                             Mateos

Transport                                                                       Transpet

Lighting technician                                                       Teatrek

Sceneshifter                                                                   Javier Pastrana

State manager                                                                Carlos Aparicio

Manager                                                                         PCR

Date: From 13^th to 18^th December, 2005

Place: Teatro Principal

Characters:

Tom: He works in a shoe shop. He is a dreamer. He wants to be a sailer. He remembers when they were a happy family, before his father left. He does not like his mother and for this reason he speaks badly about her. Tom has got strong feelings for his sister. He is a rebellious and adventurer boy.

Jim: He is Tom’s friend and he works with Tom in the shoe shop.

Laura: She is Tom’s sister. She is disabled because she has a limp. Like Tom, she is a dreamer. She loves a boy but she does not want him to know it, for this reason when she sees hem she seems to be dancing.

Amanda: She was married to a gay man. They had two children, Laura and Tom. The gay man left the family home. Thus, this family had economic problems and they had to survive. Tom thinks bad things about his mother.

Setting:

The play begins in the sitting- room, the whole play occurs inside the house, however, outside the house there are a lot of people. On the right, at the bottom is the exist door, on the right, close up is the exist to the shed.

Lighting:

There are two spotlights which light the stage. The main spotlights is permanent, however, the other one highlights the people who are speaking.

Costumes:

The characters use old-fashioned clothes but their costumes change in the second act and they use smart dresses.

Props:

On the stage, there is a table, with some chairs, the two sofas and an armchair.

We can see a little glass table which has got a lot of little figures.

The audience:

The audience reacted very well, they had a great time but as the time passed some people were bored.

Personal Opinion:

I liked seeing this play, because the characters were very funny and I laughed a lot with some characters, for example, with Laura. However, I think the play lasted a long time.