Anna in the Tropics, Nilo Cruz
Anna in the Tropics, Nilo Cruz
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Anna in the Tropics

Author: Nilo Cruz

Narrator: Jimmy Smits, Adriana Sevan, Full Cast

Unabridged: 1 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/01/2005


Synopsis

This poignant and poetic Pulitzer Prize winning play captures 1929 Florida at a time when cigars are still rolled by hand and "lectors" are employed to educate and entertain the workers. The arrival of a new lector is a cause for celebration. But when he reads aloud from "Anna Karenina", he unwittingly becomes a catalyst in the lives of his avid listeners, for whom Tolstoy, the tropics, and The American Dream prove a volatile combination.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance starring:
Jimmy Smits as Juan Julian
Onahoua Rodriguez as Marela
Adriana Sevan as Conchita
Alma Martinez as Ofelia
Jonathan Nichols as Palomo and Eliades
Winston Rocha as Santiago
Herbert Siguenza as Chéché

Directed by Jose Luis Valenzuela. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Chris on December 20, 2021

Anna In The Tropics tells the story of a family that owns a cigar factory in Tampa in 1929 who hires a lector for the workers in the factory because it breaks up the monotony of the work and increases morale and how it impacts the factory workers' lives in other ways. Lectors would come into the fac......more

Goodreads review by Ana on December 15, 2022

2020 Update: I'm reading 20 of my favorite books this year (because hindsight is 20/20) and Anna in the Tropics is the first on my re-read list that I finished. Anna in the Tropics is by far my favorite play. Nilo Cruz is an exceptional playwright; his characters are vivid, his prose is gorgeous,......more

Goodreads review by Dre on February 24, 2025

Finished an audio of the staged production for the Pulitzer Prize winning play: Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz. 4.25 / 5 stars though I suspect my score would be much higher had I read the play with my eyes as well. It sometimes took me a moment to figured out who was speaking and that likely affec......more

Goodreads review by Melissa on February 17, 2021

At times, this play was extremely confusing. There are a lot of characters and intense relationships, which would likely be easier to grasp in an actual performance rather than a read-through. Nonetheless, I can appreciate the value in the play. Some clarity would have been much appreciated, but it......more

Goodreads review by Bethanie on November 07, 2012

Let's just say it right now: I LOVE "Anna Karenina." It took me two weeks to read, but it was fantastic and I still consider it one of my favorite books. Now for this little play. I had to read it for a literature class, so my mind naturally goes to, "If you stand on your head and look at this aspect......more