Margot Reviews Carmela Full of Wishes
The play that I saw was Carmela Full of Wishes at the Chicago Children's Theatre and I went with Dolph Paulsen (my mom's partner). The play is based on a book by Matt de La Peña and adapted for the stage by Alvaro Saar Rios, and directed by Michelle Lopez-Rios. In the lobby, before the play began, I made a dandelion out of popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners and pom-poms, which was fun. When I walked into the theatre the stage was super colorful and at one end there was a laundry mat and a bodega on the other side. The magnificent set was designed by Regina Garcia and the colorful and sparkly lighting design was by Jason Lynch. The play opens with Carmela (played by Maria Clara Ospina) And it is her seventh birthday! (I had a seventh birthday in July!) Carmela is excited to go on errands with her big brother because she is finally old enough to go, but she finds a dandelion on the way sticking out of the cement. Carmela's bossy big brother Miguel is played by Juan Gonzalez ...