(El Círculo Teatral, 29 September 2025)
It is an adage in theatre and especially in cinema that directing is 90% casting. Tacones Altos (Theresa Rebeck’s Spike Heels) is directed by Otto Minera, with the impeccable cast of Camila Flamenco, Ditmara Náder, David Villegas, and Vladimir Chorny. The play reads as contemporary and appropriately situated in Mexico. The action revolves around Camila Flamenco's character, Guadalupe—the only character whose arc is not flat(ish).
In the course of the play, it dawns on Guadalupe that she is not a character in a play. She has agency. She has power. And that power doubles when used for good.
Camila Flamenco is so good that she turns what otherwise could have been classified as a comedy into a tragedy, at least for the male characters. What is a tragedy? A zero-sum game.
