NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 31, 2019
Press contact: Lucy Pollak
lucy@lucypr.com  (818) 887-1499 (for media only)

 

Open Fist extends poignant, passionate
‘Anna in the Tropics’ through June 23

WHAT:
Anna in the Tropics — Extended through June 22: Nilo Cruz’s poignant and poetic 2003 Pulitzer Prize-winning play captures 1929 Florida at a time when cigars were still rolled by hand and lectors were employed to educate and entertain the immigrant workers. The arrival of a new lector is cause for celebration, but when he reads Anna Karenina to the cigar rollers, 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.

WHO:
• Written Nilo Cruz
• Directed by Jon Lawrence Rivera
• Starring Robert Almodovar, Christopher Cedeño, Presciliana Esparolini, Antonio Jaramillo, Javi Mulero, Byron Quiros, Jill Remez, Jade Santana, Steve Wilcox, Jennifer Zorbalas
• Presented by Open Fist Theatre Company, Martha Demson, artistic director

WHEN:
Extended thru June 23
Remaining Performances:
• Fridays at 8 p.m.: June 7 and June 21 ONLY
• Saturdays at 8 p.m.: June 1, June 8, June 15, June 22
• Sundays at 4 p.m.:; June 2, June 9, June 16, June 23
• Mondays at 8 p.m.: June 3, June 10, June 17

WHERE:
Open Fist Theatre Company
Atwater Village Theatre
3269 Casitas Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90039
(FREE parking in the Atwater Xing lot one block south of the theater)

HOW:
(323) 882-6912 or www.openfist.org
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• Follow us on twitter: @OpenFistTheatre

TICKETS:
• Saturdays and Sundays: $25 with advance purchase, $30 at the door
• Mondays and Fridays: $20 with advance purchase, $25 at the door

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