Southern Oregon University Department of Theatre Arts: Anna in the Tropics

Theatre Arts

Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz

As workers toiled in Florida's cigar-making factories in the early twentieth century, lectors would educate and entertain them by reading books aloud. When Juan Julian is hired as the new lector, he reads Anna Karenina to the workers. Tolstoy's tragic story unleashes desires and jealousies within a family bound by tradition.

“It is a passionate, explosive, tender play, one filled with Cruz’s poetic-evocative imagery, language that almost seems tactile.” — Christine Dolen, Miami Herald

Anna in the Tropics received the dramatic Pulitzer Prize in 2003 and was nominated as Best Play at the 2004 Tony Awards.

Show Times:

Thursday, February 19 (Preview) at 8:00 pm
Friday, February 20 (Opening) at 8:00 pm
Saturday, February 21 at 8:00 pm
Thursday, February 26 at 8:00 pm
Friday, February 27 at 8:00 pm
Saturday, February 28 at 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm
Sunday, March 1 at 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm

Run length: To be announced

Director: Marieke Gaboury

Cast: To be announced

Designers: To be announced

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Program

Slide Show