For the safety of patrons, cast, volunteers and crew, the wearing of masks for audience members is strongly recommended during our run of “Anna In The Tropics” at the Irving Arts Center.
ANNA IN THE TROPICS
January 21 - February 5, 2022
Tropical, simmering and steamy! Alluring and enticing, this poetic play is set in 1929 in a Floridian Cuban American cigar factory. It’s a place where cigars are still rolled by hand and “lectors” are employed to read newspapers, poetry, and novels to the workers. The new lector reads Tolstoy's Anna Karenina unaware that the passions it inflames will spin the listeners’ relationships out of control. Winner of the 2003 Pulitzer® Prize, this wistful and affecting work reaches for the artistic heavens! Contains adult subject matter, with scenes depicting intimate situations and gun violence.
Publicity photos by Mike Morgan Photography.
CAST:
Michael Corolla (yo) as Santiago
Claudia Shelton (she/her) as Ofelia
Jessica Lomas (she/her) as Marela
Monica Perez (she/her) as Conchita
Xander Davila (he/him) as Palomo
Rudy Lopez (he/him) as Cheché
Danny Lovelle (he/him) as Juan Julian
Joe La Farge (he/him) as Eliades