The Journey of the Saint by César De María (Peru)

Translated by Rose E. Cano
Directed by Olga Sanchez Saltveit

As part of Trailblazing 2025, Dogteam presents a benefit reading of a new translation of Cesar de Maria’s play.

A rollicking adventure filled with deception and mystery, told by a late 18th century Latin American traveling theatre troupe. Juan del Camino, a renowned Spanish actor is in crisis following the death of his wife. Tomaso Malaspina, the Italian master of theatrical special effects fleeing the Spanish Inquisition, arrives at Juan’s door as if by miracle, providing Juan a new purpose for living. Together they embark on an adventure to cross the Atlantic to the New World, traversing into the heart of the Southern Cone bearing the remains of St. Fortunata to Moquegua, a small village in the Viceroyalty of Peru. Their encounters along the way, filled with wonder, mischief, and danger, challenge everything they believe, as they struggle to stay true in an era of revolution. 

Suggested donation for the series: $20