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2002 Season

Main Season Productions

Proof of the Promise

Written by: Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, World Premiere Rhyming Verse Translation by Dakin Matthews

Directed by: Anne McNaughton

January 31 – March 3, 2002

A sorcerer, his marriageable daughter, rival suitors, a deadly family feud, and a little theatrical magic — the stage is set for a surprising and hilarious comedy from the seventeenth century “Mexican Molière”, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón. Don’t miss this world premiere in English of Dakin Matthews’ new rhyming verse translation from Los Angeles’s acclaimed Antaeus Theatre Company.

Antaeus is a 501(c)3 Non-Profit Organization Tax ID # 95-4548826

Antaeus Theatre Company

Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center

110 East Broadway, Glendale, CA 91205

phone: 818.506.5436 email: info@antaeus.org blog

We acknowledge the Gabrielino-Tongva peoples as the traditional caretakers of the land in the Los Angeles basin where Antaeus is located. We pay our respect to the Ancestors, Elders, and Relations — past, present, and emerging.