Nilo Cruz is the most produced Cuban American playwright in the United States and was the first dramatist of Hispanic descent to receive the Pulitzer Prize. In his plays, Cruz almost always journeys b
What will we sacrifice in the name of love? A young woman reunites with her painter father in the south of Spain, both falling in love with the same exciting young man. Beauty of the Father invokes t
"The poetry of Cruz's writing is what those who love his work cite most often about his style, andSotto Voce has that. Yet it also contains passages that are realistic, whimsical, sensual and
After Millie’s husband Lorenzo dies in a car crash, his heart is used to save a young man’s life. Unable to let go of this final living piece of her husband, Millie reaches out to the transplant recip
"The words of Nilo Cruz waft from the stage like a scented breeze. They sparkle and prickle and swirl, enveloping those who listen in both specific place and time . . . and in timeless passions that t
Anna in the Tropics is a poignant and poetic new play set in 1929 Florida in a Cuban-American cigar factory, where cigars are still rolled by hand and "lectors" are employed to educate and entertain
“Extraordinary and evocative, the stellar Anna in the Tropics is a work of art.”—Christine Dolen, Miami HeraldThis lush romantic drama depicts a family of cigar makers whose loves and lives are played
The body of Polynices, Antigone's brother, has been ordered to remain unburied by Creon, the new king of Thebes. Antigone defies the law, sealing her fate. Originally produced in Paris during the Nazi
The images contained in this book do more than mirror reality in Cuba. They offer an orientation to its complexities. They present glimpses that are factual, realistic, honest, mixed with a breath of