Нило Круз (Nilo Cruz)Table of Contents
Title Page
Acknowledgments
PRODUCTION HISTORY
CHARACTERS
TIME AND PLACE
ACT ONE
SCENE 1
SCENE 2
SCENE 3
SCENE 4
SCENE 5
ACT TWO
SCENE 1
SCENE 2
SCENE 3
SCENE 4
SCENE 5
Copyright Page
My special appreciation and gratitude to Janice Paran for her wisdom and advice in helping me restructure the second act of this play.
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Anna in the Tropics was commissioned by New Theatre in Coral Gables, Florida (Rafael de Acha, Artistic Director; Eileen Suarez, Managing Director). It received its world premiere there on October 12, 2002. The director was Rafael de Acha; set design was by Michelle Cumming, costume design was by Estela Vrancovich, lighting design was by Travis Neff; the composer and sound designer was M. Anthony Reimer and the production stage manager was Margaret M. Ledford. The cast was as follows:
SANTIAGO Gonzalo Madurga
CHECHÉ Ken Clement
OFELIA Edna Schwab
MARELA Ursula Freundlich
CONCHITA Deborah L. Sherman
PALOMO Carlos Orizondo
JUAN JULIAN David Perez-Ribada
ELIADES Carlos Orizondo
Anna in the Tropics was subsequently developed and produced by the McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, New Jersey (Emily Mann, Artistic Director; Jeffrey Woodward, Managing Director) on September 18, 2003. It was the inaugural production of their new Roger S. Berlind Theatre. The director was Emily Mann; set design was by Robert Brill, costume design was by Anita Yavich, lighting design was by Peter Kaczorowski, sound design was by Dan Moses Schreier; the producing director was Mara Isaacs, the dramaturg was Janice Paran, the director of production was David York and the production stage manager was Cheryl Mintz. The cast was as follows:
SANTIAGO Victor Argo
CHECHÉ David Zayas
OFELIA Priscilla Lopez
MARELA Vanessa Aspillaga
CONCHITA Daphne Rubin-Vega
PALOMO John Ortiz
JUAN JULIAN Jimmy Smits
ELIADES John Ortiz
This production of Anna in the Tropics then transferred to Broadway at the Royale Theatre on November 16, 2003, with the same artistic team and cast. It was produced by Roger Berlind, Daryl Roth, Ray Larsen, in association with Robert G. Bartner.
CHARACTERS
SANTIAGO
Owner of a cigar factory, late fifties