{"product_id":"anna-in-the-tropics-9781559362320","title":"Anna in the Tropics","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e. . . there are many kinds of light.\u003cbr\u003eThe light of fires. The light of stars.\u003cbr\u003eThe light that reflects off rivers.\u003cbr\u003eLight that penetrates through cracks.\u003cbr\u003eThen there's the type of light that reflects off the skin.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Nilo Cruz, \u003ci\u003eAnna in the Tropics\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis lush romantic drama depicts a family of cigar makers whose loves and lives are played out against the backdrop of Depression-era America. Set in Ybor City (Tampa) in 1930, Cruz imagines the catalytic effect the arrival of a new \"lector\" (who reads Tolstoy's \u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e to the workers as they toil in the cigar factory) has on a Cuban-American family. Cruz celebrates the search for identity in a new land. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The words of Nilo Cruz waft from the stage like a scented breeze. They sparkle and prickle and swirl, enveloping those who listen in both specific place and time . . . and in timeless passions that touch us all. In \u003ci\u003eAnna in the Tropics\u003c\/i\u003e, Cruz claims his place as a storyteller of intricate craftsmanship and poetic power.\"--\u003ci\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Deeply engrossing.\" -Robert Hurwitt, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Earnestly poetic...Mr. Cruz has created a work as wistful and affectingly ambitious as its characters. \u003ci\u003eAnna in the Tropics\u003c\/i\u003e reaches for the artistic heavens -- specifically, that corner of eternity occupied by the plays of Anton Chekhov, where yearning is an existential condition.\" -Ben Brantley, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNilo Cruz\u003c\/b\u003e is a young Cuban-American playwright whose work has been produced widely around the United States, including the Public Theater (New York, NY), South Coast Repertory (Costa Mesa, CA), Magic Theatre (San Francisco, CA), Oregon Shakespeare Festival, McCarter Theater (Princeton, NJ) and New Theatre (Coral Gables, FL). His other plays include \u003ci\u003eNight Train to Bolina, Two Sisters and a Piano, Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAnna in the Tropics\u003c\/i\u003e (Winner of 2003 Pulitzer Prize). Mr. Cruz teaches playwriting at Yale University and lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Theatre Communications Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781559362320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.96w x 0.26d","brand":"Nilo Cruz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36659781402780,"sku":"9781559362320","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a88f2698-dcbd-4913-ae88-f5b3522d4cee.jpg?v=1603895462","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/anna-in-the-tropics-9781559362320","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}