Camino Real

About the Project

The Camino Real is a dead end, a police state in an imagined Latin-Mediterranean-American country, and an inescapable condition. Characters from history and literature such as Don Quixote, Casanova, and Camille inhabit this phantasmagoric plaza where corruption and alienation have nearly destroyed the human spirit. Enter Kilroy, a prize-winning boxer and all-American fella with “a heart as big as the head of a baby.” In an ambitious first significant revival since the ‘99 Williamstown production, Camino Real unfolds over a series of sixteen dizzying “blocks” and is a clarion call to the Romantics of the world—drowning in an ocean of cynicism, suspicion, and censorship—to use their indefatigable spirit as a life raft.

This play contains themes of existentialism, physical violence and fighting, execution, police violence, sexual coercion, substance abuse (alcohol, drug, smoking), robbery, racial slurs, partial nudity, gun usage and gun shots, death (human and animal), and haze.

Run Dates: Thursday, July 10 - Sunday, August 3

Run Time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, with one 15-minute intermission

Who Is Involved?

• • Creative Team

    • Oana Botez - Costume Designer

    • John Gasper - Sound Designer 

    • Kate Noll & Dustin Wills - Scenic Design

    • Barbara Samuels - Lighting Design

    • Tennessee Williams - Playwright

    • Dustin Wills - Director

  • Cast 

    • Pamela Anderson

    • Frankie J. Alvarez

    • Ato Blankson-Wood

    • Juanita Cardenas

    • Nicholas Alexander Chavez

    • Cindy De La Cruz

    • Arya Gaston

    • Rob B. Kellogg

    • Vin Knight

    • Smaranda Luna

    • April Matthis

    • Bruce McKenzie

    • Whitney Peak

    • Emma Ramos

    • Marquis Rodriguez

    • Julian Sanchez

    • Socorro Santiago

    • Ryan Shinji

    • Henry Stram

    • Marlon Vargas

    • Jacob Wasson

  • Staff Assignments (show team)

    • Production Management Lead: Lesley Fairman

    • Production Management Associate: Angela Harrington

    • Line Producer: Rayshaun Sandlin

    • Associate Company Manager: Miranda Hernandez

    • Box Office Lead: Stacey Neveu

    • House Manager: KB Higgs

    • Crew

Location(s)

This project performs in the MainStage at the ‘62 Center for Theatre & Dance. It rehearses in the CTD Directing Studio.

Ticket Information

Tickets may be purchased here. This project is included in the Weekend Pass, which can be purchased here. Tickets are $125 each in Prime Orchestra, $100 each in the Orchestra/Rear Orchestra, $80 each in the First Balcony, and $65 in the Second Balcony, inclusive of processing fees. Click here to learn more about the Festival’s Ticket Accessibility Program.

Parking & Check-in Information

The MainStage is located inside the '62 Center for Theatre & Dance in the front of the building (1000 Main St, Williamstown, MA). The accessibility drop off area is located to the right of the '62 Center on Adams Memorial Dr. This is a one way road that proceeds to a free three-tiered parking garage located behind the building.   

Limited additional on-street parking is available on Park St. There is also a free parking lot at the bottom of Spring St, less than a 10-minute walk to the theatre.

Seats to this project are assigned; tickets are digital and emailed to ticket holders. If patrons have trouble accessing their tickets, they can visit the Box Office also located in the front of the building.

Key Dates

• • First Rehearsal: June 16 (NYC) | June 21 (Williamstown)

  • Tech Rehearsal: July 5 - July 9

  • Final Dress: TBD

  • First Performance: Thursday, July 10 at 7:00pm

  • Opening: Saturday, July 19 at 7:00pm 

  • Closing: Sunday, August 3 at 2:00pm

Link to Project on Festival Website