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Milagro Theatre explores hope
through transformation with
BOOMCRACKLEFLY
BY ERIN RO O K
W hat do a lonely drag queen, a circus ac thing drag queen called Fulana de Tal (Span
robat and a Cuban man constructing wings ish for “that girl” or “so and so”). Fulana’s
have in common? They all travel twisted, and journey toward a bizarre new world begins
ultimately converging, paths toward personal with her second-to-last customer o f the
and global transformation in Charise Castro night, a quiet john who cums photons and
Smith’s new play BOOMCRACKLEFLY , runs oft with her pinky finger. Unfazed, Fu
which has its world premiere Friday, March lana continues to donate body parts to her
25 at the Milagro Theatre.
revolutionary lover’s cause— to remake the
BOOMCRACKLEFLY explores “how peo universe in her image.
ple get broken and put back together and
Meanwhile, twin sisters performing in a
broken and put back together in this cyclical Miami circus find their partnership threat
way,” Smith explains. “Even when we think ened by the ghost o f Ernest Hemingway, and
it’s the end o f the line and
a Cuban couple bickers
“S h e ’s a d ra g q u e e n a n d
there’s no more hope, we’re
about the viability of
still able to transform into s h e ’s g o in g th ro u g h all
building wings to fly them
something else.”
to freedom.
th is s tu ff a n d s h e ’s lo sin g
Full o f magical realism
For all their quirks, the
and impossible characters, b o d y p a rts , sh e h as an
characters are surprisingly
the play is 27-year-old
relatable, says Jones, the
im a g in a ry g ra n d m o th e r—
Smith’s second, and the
21-year-old actor playing
first to be performed out s h e ’s a rea l p e rs o n . A n d
Fulana.
side o f Yale University,
“I actually see a lot of
s h e ’s a lo t like m e .”
where she recently earned
myself in Fulana. Once you
-TYLER
ANDREW
JONES,
her master’s in theater arts.
strip [it] down— she’s a
O N HIS ROLE AS FULANA DE TAL
Presented primarily in
drag queen and she’s going
English, the play blends Spanish and English through all this stuff and she’s losing body
with references to such modern conveniences parts, she has an imaginary grandmother—
as Febreeze and Purell that place the story’s she’s a real person. And she’s a lot like me,”
poetic language squarely in the present.
Jones says. He can relate to her monologues
Directed by Drammy Award-winner Olga about dealing with loneliness, he adds, because
Sanchez, BOOMCRACKLEFLY stars Emily his boyfriend lives in Las Vegas.
Gleason (Lenin), Kylie Clarke Johnson
Still, there are ways in which Jones is noth
(Lennon), Tyler Andrew Jones (Fulana de ing like the character he portrays. He insists
Tal), Stephen Lisk (The Phoenix), Randy that Fulana is a stronger person than he is,
Patterson (Ernest Hemingway), Angela Bo- and then there’s the whole drag queen bit.
lanos-Osorio (woman with wings), Anthony
“I am, out o f all o f my gay friends, the last
Green (man who wanted wings) and Ursula one to play a drag queen. I’m not in real life.
Loret de Mola (L’Abuela).
Fve never wanted to be. But I’ve played two,”
The heroine o f the story is a twentysome he says.
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