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Miami New Drama is preparing to roll out the red carpet on the 20th anniversary production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Anna in the Tropics.
Written by Miami playwright Nilo Cruz, it was commissioned by the New Theatre in Coral Gables back in 2002. Since then, it has made the rounds including London, Los Angeles, and Broadway, and has featured award-winning actors such as Jimmy Smits, Tony Plana, and Lolita Flores, to name a few.
After 20 years, Miami will not only get to see it at The Colony Theatre, but for the first time, they’ll get to experience it with Nilo Cruz as its director for a three-week run, Jan. 12 through Feb. 5.
The audience will be transported back to 1929 to a Cuban American cigar factory where Cuban migrants labored away hand rolling each cigar, as a hired “lector,” who traditionally was well-dressed and eloquent, would read to them as a form of entertainment. When a new lector enters the scene and begins to read aloud Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, he unwittingly becomes a catalyst in the lives of his avid listeners and suddenly the lives of the workers begin to parallel the novel. Old traditions and new ways collide while longing, love, and betrayal spark a volatile flame that signals the end of an era.
“Nilo and his achievements bring a huge sense of pride to our community, and we are honored to continue collaborating with him and call him a dear friend. Anna in the Tropics is a beautiful balance of a strong story with poetic storytelling that is moving, sexy, heartbreaking, and spectacular,” said Michel Hausmann, artistic director at Miami New Drama.
The cast for this 20th anniversary production includes Daniel Capote as Cheche (Miami New Drama’s The Cuban Vote and ELIÁN, Zoetic Stage’s Frankenstein and The Caretaker), Brandon Espinoza as Palomo (Broadway: Spongebob Squarepants. Off-Broadway: Substitution (Playwrights Realm), Scarcity (Atlantic Theater Company). Regional: View from The Bridge (Ivo van Hove; Goodman Theater), Way of the World (Dir/Playwright: Theresa Rebeck; Folger Shakespeare Theater). TV: Detective Garcia on Raising Kanan – STARZ), Serafin Falcon as Santiago (Film/TV: The Sopranos, Burn Notice, Graceland, Transporter 2, NCIS: LA, The Chosen. On stage: Anna in the Tropics (Colony Theatre/Bay Street Theatre/Sierra Madre Playhouse, August G for Casa 0101), Andrea Ferro as Marela (Colony Theatre Debut), Hannia Guillen as Conchita (TV credits: Burn Notice, Passions, and The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. Theatre credits: The Color of Desire, A Bicycle Country, Bathing in Moonlight, Sotto Voce, Hotel Desiderium, and Kisses Through The Glass all written by Pulitzer Prize Winning Playwright Nilo Cruz), Gabriell Salgado as the lector Juan Julian (Zoetic Stage’s Frankenstein as ‘The Creature,’ Palm Beach Dramaworks’ 4,000 Miles and The Foundry’s Red Speedo), and Saundra Santiago as Ofelia (Film/TV: Damages, Hightown, The Sopranos, Law & Order, Madame Secretary, The House that Jack Built, 25th Hour. Stage: Chronicle of a Death Foretold the Lincoln Center, Hello Again, Bernarda and Evita).
The creative team includes director/screenwriter Nilo Cruz, scenic designer Arnulfo Maldonado (Broadway: A Strange Loop (Tony Nominee); Topdog/Underdog; Trouble In Mind), costume designer Christopher Vergara (Broadway Associate credits: Free Man of Color, The Visit, People in the Picture, Eclipsed, The Color Purple, and Once on this Island, and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast’s most recent domestic and international tours), lighting designer Yuki Nakase Link, sound designer and composer Salomon Lerner, wig design by Carol Raskin, choreographer Samantha Pazos, and stage manager Lalis Solórzano Martínez.
Anna in the Tropics runs from Jan. 12 through Feb. 5 at the Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach. Performances are scheduled Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. Tickets ($40-$70) are on sale at miaminewdrama.org or by calling Miami New Drama’s Box Office at 305-674-1040 or email at boxoffice@miaminewdrama.org.
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