Fuenteovejuna

In Lope de Vega’ 17th-century play about the Spanish Golden Age, citizens of the small garrison town Fuenteovejuna revolt against the aristocratic commander who commits a heinous crime. While murder restores the town’s honor, it also leads to an investigation from the royal court. In the ensuing pressure from their inquisitors to reveal who killed the commander, the townspeople’s only response is “Fuenteovejuna did it.” David Herskovits directs for National Asian-American Theatre Company.