Fortunato, an unemployed clerk, tries desperately to find work to feed his family, but bad luck, con men and cold weather conspire against him. He finds his salvation with Amaranta the Great, a circus sharpshooter.

• playwrights: Joaquin and Serafin Alvarez-Quintero (Spain)
• director: Argos MacCallum
• actors: Patricia Perren, Cathy Nelson, Karmela Gonzales, Esmerelda Gonzales-Muñoz, Andrea Lujan, Tamlin Horne, Santiago Candelaria, Oscar Rodriguez, Ron Mier, Ray Gere, Crawford MacCallum
• guitarist: George Adelo
• light design: Skip Rapaport
• artist: Corinna MacNeice