DON JUAN GENDER-BENDER ON STAGE.Byline: Daily News Don Juan Don Juan (dŏn wän, j  `ən, Span. dōn hwän), legendary profligate. with a twist - he's a she - will be staged two weekends in March at California Institute of the Arts California Institute of the Artsknown as CalArts U.S. private institution of higher learning in Valencia. Created in 1961 through the merger of two other art institutes, it was the first in the U.S. in the Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Modular Theatre. Robert C. Fleet's ``Don Juan, a Tragi-Comedy of Errors,'' directed by Alina Szpak, will be performed at 8 p.m. Thursday and on March 6, 11, 12 and 13; at 6:30 p.m. March 5 and at 2 p.m. March 6. The character of Don Juan has appeared in plays and stories dating from the early 17th century. Based on Spanish folk tales and a real-life courtier of the era, the story of Don Juan begins around 1616 with the play ``The Trickster trickster, a mythic figure common among Native North Americans, South Americans, and Africans. Usually male but occasionally female or disguised in female form, he is notorious for exaggerated biological drives and well-endowed physique; partly divine, partly human, of Seville and the Stone Guest'' by monk Tirso de Molina Tirso de Molina (tēr`sō dā mōlē`nä), pseud. of Fray Gabriel Téllez (gäbrēĕl` tĕl`yĕth) . The Don Juan story was so immensely popular that, by the end of the 1600s, he had become a staple of Italian puppet plays, and he appeared on the legitimate stage in Moliere's ``Don Juan or the Libertine'' and in Mozart's opera ``Don Giovanni.'' In this version by Robert C. Fleet, Don Juan, the world's greatest swordsman and lover, is a woman. She disguises herself as a man to avoid being sent to a convent. When her ``successes'' run afoul of the inquisitor's plans, all of Spain joins in the romantically comic intrigue. Tickets for the show are $7 for general admission and $2 for students and seniors. Reservations can by made by calling (661) 253-7800. |
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