Labyrinth Of Desire

It’s a great thing when the feelings you get after anything ends are better than what you had expected. The experience I had while going to see the Labyrinth of Desire, directed by Rebecca Rivas, turned out to be a fun and much better than one would expected. Labyrinth of Desire is a play based off of Lope De Vega’s La Prueba de los Ingenios, where as the play takes its course when Florela’s fiancé, Alejandro, decides to leave her and compete with other suitors for the hand of the rich and beautiful Laura. Florela goes undercover to keep her man and does all that she can to convince Laura and Alejandro that they are not for each other. Filled with several points of deception and comical disguises, this comedy and romantic role play explores …show more content…
I really felt like the actors such as Gabriel J. Franco Kull, who acted as Paris, and Aaron Beckford, acting as Camacho, really got to know who their character was and did very good jobs in character. They way they moved, talked and even felt was incredible as you felt as though they really were those characters from the play through their awesome vibe. The way the actors would scream at each other and throw themselves over the stage from one side to the other and at the same time acting and speaking their parts really made it feel real and believable. Katherine Daniel as the Duchess, Raul Chaves as Estacio, and Cynthia Alvarez as Finea, were also great actor who gave an added comedic sense to the whole role. The clever side comments Estacio and Finea would make and the hilarious outbursts and exaggerated performance the Duchess would outburst with really was enjoyable and funny. Some of the other performances such as from Nita Mendoza as Florela, Roger M. Canales as Alejandro, and Valeria Alvarez as Laura, helped set the basis and foundation for the whole play. Their performances were well done and their expressive acting really did carry the idea of what the actual character would be like. In general, acting was very well done throughout. The only thing that I think needed work would have been the projection of their voice in scenes where the characters had to whisper or contemplated things with the audience softly. …show more content…
The lighting was effective in setting the mood of the plot at its different stages and also in pointing out what needed to be seen and what not. Something that was really interesting to see was how lights were used to light up the stage in different colors such as the red and blue during the time the actors were in the labyrinth giving it a scary feeling and making the whole experience much enjoyable as the actors feared for their lives in the “darkness” of the labyrinth. The lighting helped the directing in a way that the setting could represent the light of day as when the whole stage was flooded with light so all the acting was visible and then as well when it was completely dimed out and only spotlights were used to follow the characters as they moved through the night. Then again, it was all well executed and done so in a great way to show what the director wanted out of the acting and enjoyed by the