CLOUD TECTONICS

For Heather

“Ah déjame recordarte cómo eras entonces, cuando aún no existías.”

—Pablo Neruda

 

 

“. . . love was the promised land, an ark on which two might escape the Flood.”

—Julian Barnes,

A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 10½ CHAPTERS

 

 

“The mystery of what a couple is, exactly, is almost the only true mystery left to us, and when we have come to the end of it there will be no more need for literature . . .”

—Mavis Gallant

 

 

“. . . the discovery that the speed of light appeared the same to every observer, no matter how he was moving, led to the theory of relativity—and in that one had to abandon the idea that there was a unique absolute time.”

—Stephen W. Hawking,

A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME

 

 

“Todo me parece como un sueño todavía . . .”

—Danny Daniel

 

PRODUCTION HISTORY

 

 

Cloud Tectonics received its world premiere at the 19th Annual Humana Festival of New American Plays at the Actors Theatre of Louisville (Jon Jory, Producing Director), in Louisville, Kentucky, on March 5, 1995. It was directed by Tina Landau; the set design was by Paul Owen; the costume design was by Laura Patterson; the lighting design was by T. J. Gerckens; the sound design was by Martin J. Bissonnette; the fight director was Drew Fracher; the dramaturg was Michele Volansky; the stage manager was Michele Streckler; and the assistant stage manager was Janette L. Hubert. The cast was as follows:

CELESTINA DEL SOL	Camilia Sanes
ANÍBAL DE LA LUNA	Robert Montano
NELSON DE LA LUNA	Javi Mulero

Cloud Tectonics was produced by the La Jolla Playhouse (Michael Greif, Artistic Director; Terence Dwyer, Managing Director; Robert Blacker, Associate Artistic Director) on June 20, 1995. It was directed by Tina Landau; the set design was by Riccardo Hernandez; the costume design was by Brandin Baron; the lighting design was by Anna Militello; the sound design was by Mark Bennett; the dramaturg was Gregory Gunter; and the stage manager was Kristen Harris. The cast was as follows:

CELESTINA DEL SOL	Camilia Sanes
ANÍBAL DE LA LUNA	Luis Antonio Ramos
NELSON DE LA LUNA	Javi Mulero

Cloud Tectonics was subsequently produced at Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director) on January 5, 1997. It was directed by Tina Landau; the set design was by Riccardo Hernandez; the costume design was by Anita Yavich; the lighting design was by Frances Aronson; the sound design was by Mark Bennett and JR Conklin; the original sound score was by Mark Bennett; and the stage manager was Martha Donaldson. The cast was as follows:

CELESTINA DEL SOL	Camilia Sanes
ANÍBAL DE LA LUNA	John Ortiz
NELSON DE LA LUNA	Javi Mulero

CHARACTERS

CELESTINA DEL SOL, in her twenties.
ANÍBAL DE LA LUNA, in his thirties.
NELSON DE LA LUNA, in his twenties.

 

 

PLACE AND TIME

 

 

The Prologue Los Angeles. The present. Night.

 

The Play

Same. Later that night.

 

The Epilogue

Same. Forty years later.

 

 

 

Special thanks to Ivonne Coll for the Spanish translation of Celestina’s speech.