Table of Contents

I. El Ciervo Encantado. The Altar-Spectacle and the Vision of Cuba

II.Interview with Nelda Castillo and Mariela Brito

III. El Ciervo Encantado: Performance, Space, and the Political in El Ciervo Encantado

IV. Café Theater: Inside and Outside the Theater

V. Leaving the Stage, Taking to the Streets

VI. El Ciervo Encantado and the Return of the 70s

VII. Without Borders: Actions in the Gallery

VIII. Battlefield Diary

IX. Bringing the Street Into the Stage: Rapsodia para el mulo

X. An Altar in the Mangroves: Conclusion

XI. Works Cited