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    S INGING F ROM THE W ELL
    T HE P ALACE OF THE W HITE S KUNKS
    F AREWELL TO THE S EA
    T HE A SSAULT
    T HE I LL -F ATED P EREGRINATIONS OF F RAY S ERVANDO
    B EFORE N IGHT F ALLS : A M EMOIR

T HE F LIGHT OF G ERTRUDIS G ÓMEZ DE A VELLANEDA
    A light comedy in one act
    (of repudiation)
     

     
SETTINGS :     The Antilles and their surrounding waters (the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea)
Key West
The Malecón in Havana.
TIME :            July 1999.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE :
On the sea :     Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda
José Martí
On the Malecón :
(In order of appearance)
Halisia Jalonzo
Virgilio Piñera
Fifo (played by a double)
Delfín Proust (also in Key West)
Nicolás Guillotina
Dulce María Leynaz
Tina Parecía Mirruz
Karilda Olivar Lubricious
H. Puntilla (also on the sea and in Key West)
José Zacarias Talet
A chorus of rehabilitated prostitutes
Rita Tonga
Paula Amanda, a.k.a. Luisa Fernanda
Odiseo Ruego (also in Key West)
Endinio Valliegas
José Lezama Lima
Julián del Casal
Chorus on the Malecón in Havana :
Made up of minor poets such as Cynthio Métier, Retamal, José Martínez Mata, Pablo Amando, Miguel Barniz, and a hundred or so others; also including members of the Comité para la Defensa de la Revolución (a.k.a. the Watchdog Committee), midgets, high-ranking military officers, and anybody else that’s on the Malecón at the time.
In Key West :
(In order of appearance)
José María Heredia
Raúl Kastro (also on the Malecón)
Fernando González Esteva
Zebro Sardoya
An announcer
Primigenio Florido
A chorus of children
Bastón Dacuero
Chorus of poetesses :
Angel Gastaluz (This character possesses, by papal bull, the gift of omnipresence, so throughout the work s/he is able to be in several places at the same time if s/he so desires.)
The Mayor of Miami
The President of the United States
A leading politician
The female editor of a fashion magazine
Kilo Abierto Montamier
A prizewinning poetess
A congressman from the state of Ohio
The Attorney General
The Bishop of Miami
Ye-Ye, a.k.a. PornoPop, The Only Remaining Go-Go Fairy
Queen in Cuba (who also possesses the gift of omnipresence, bestowed by St. Nelly)
Mariano Brull
A society lady from Miami
An old woman
A priest
A nun
A female professor of literature
Another poetess (who’s awarded herself her own prize)
An astrologer
Alta Grave de Peralta
A woman wearing a great deal of jewelry
A university type
The director of a Cuban museum (in exile)
Andrés Reynaldo
Chorus in Key West :
Three thousand poetesses, professors of Latin, hundreds of aspirants to the office of the presidency of Cuba, and other notable politicians; sometimes includes the entire population of Key West, sometimes subdivided into small choruses.
C REDITS , H AVANA LOCATION :
Director :        Fifo
Makeup and Choreography :
Raúl Kastro
Resurrections :
Oscar Horcayés
Music :          Cuban National Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Manuel Gracia Markoff, a.k.a. Yechface and the Marquesa de Macondo.
K EY W EST LOCATION :
Director :      Moscoso
Makeup and choreography :
Kilo Abierto