Anna in the Tropics

By Nilo Cruz

Directed by Patricia Sandoval

April 10, 11, and 12 at 8:00

April 13 at 2:30

Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 2:30 PM

Free Dress Rehearsal

Reservations not required

Leslie Phillips Theater “C” Building

303 Homestead /Avenue

Holyoke, Massachusetts

General Admission: $7.00

Students/Seniors: $5.00

Free to High School Students with I.D.

Group Rates Available

For reservations call (413) 552 - 2528

ABOUT THE PLAY: Set in Florida in 1929, Anna in the Tropics tells the story of a family of cigar workers whose lives are irrevocably changed by the arrival of a new “lector” who reads to educate and entertain them as they roll cigars by hand. Reading from Anna Karenina, the spirit and passion of Tolstoy erupts with desire and jealousies with each chapter read. This 2003 Pulitzer Prize winning play raises the dichotomy of a time when the sound of a human voice reading poetry is about to be replaced by the sound of a factory full of machines.

For general information contact Patricia Sandoval at (413) 552 – 2486 psandoval@hcc.mass.edu