The importance of stories and their power to change our lives are celebrated in Anna in the Tropics, a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Nilo Cruz being performed in the Augusta Conradi Theater at FSU on June 9th and 10th at 8pm.
The play is set in 1929 in Ybor City, a section of Tampa, and the center of the cigar industry. When Cuban immigrants brought the cigar-making industry to Florida in the 19th century, they carried with them another tradition. As the workers toiled away in the factory hand-rolling each cigar, the lector, historically well-dressed and well-spoken, would read to them. In this story, the lector reads Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, sparking the characters' lives and relationships to spin out of control. The play was written, and will be performed, in English.
Tickets are $12, or $10 for seniors and students, and they can be purchased at the door.
Phone: 8503220702
Email: aleteatro77@gmail.com
2017/06/09 - 2017/06/10
Augusta Conradi Studio Theater
Williams Building. 631 University Way. FSU, Tallahassee, FL 32306