Winner of the 2003 Pulitizer Prize for Drama

," . . there are many kinds of light.
The light of fires. The light of stars.
The light that reflects off rivers.
Light that penetrates through cracks.
Then there's the type of light that reflects off the skin.
"-Nilo Cruz, "Anna in the Tropics"

This lush romantic drama depicts a family of cigar makers whose loves and lives are played out against the backdrop of America in the midst of the Depression. Set in Ybor City (Tampa) in 1930, Cruz imagines the catalytic effect the arrival of a new "lector" (who reads Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" to the workers as they toil in the cigar factory) has on a Cuban-American family. Cruz celebrates the search for identity in a new land.

"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 touch us all. In "Anna in the Tropics," the world premiere work he created for Coral Gables' intimate New Theatre, Cruz claims his place as a storyteller of intricate craftsmanship and poetic power."-"Miami Herald"

Nilo Cruz is a young Cuban-American playwright whose work has been produced widely around the United States including the Public Theater (New York, NY), South Coast Repertory (Costa Mesa, CA), Magic Theatre (San Francisco, CA), Oregon Shakespeare Festival, McCarter Theater (Princeton, NJ) and New Theatre (Coral Gables, FL). His other plays include Night Train to Bolina, Two Sisters and a Piano, Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams, among others. "Anna in the Tropics" also won the Steinberg Award for Best New Play. Mr. Cruz teaches playwriting atYale University and lives in New York City.

"Extraordinary and evocative, the stellar "Anna in the Tropics" is a work of art."-Christine Dolen, "Miami Herald"

This lush romantic drama depicts a family of cigar makers whose loves and lives are played out against the backdrop of America in the midst of the Depression. Set in Ybor City (Tampa) in 1930, Cruz imagines the catalytic effect of the arrival of a new "lector" (who reads Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" to the workers as they toil in the cigar factory) has on a Cuban-American family. Cruz celebrates the search for identity in a new land.

"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 touch us all."--"The Miami Herald"

One of the United States' most-produced Cuban American writers, Nilo Cruz employs his signature poetic imagery and vivid language to tender and humorous effect in this pair of his newest works. "The Color of Desire," set in 1960 Havana, revolves around a passionate romance between an American businessman and an out-of-work Cuban actress. As the relationship becomes a metaphor for their countries' ruptured love affair, Cruz artfully weds magical realism to a familial story that is touching, harrowing, and funny. In "Hurricane," a damaged family--a fire-and-brimstone missionary; his wife, who he saved in more than the spiritual sense; and their adopted son, who seems to have materialized from the ocean--face a shocking crisis when a hurricane ravages their Caribbean town. A celebration of humility, generosity, and kindness, Cruz's play explores the nature of identity, faith, and the redemptive power of love.

Nilo Cruz is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Anna in the Tropics," as well as "A Park in Our House," "A Bicycle Country," "Dancing on Her Knees," "Night Train to Bolina," "Two Sisters and a Piano," and other works.

This play tells the story of a young woman named Marina who reunites with her father Emiliano on his artistic home, which is also inhabited by his worldly-wise female companion Paquita and the irresistable young Moroccan Karim, whom father and daughter both fall for.

This is a collection of five plays by Cuban American playwright Nilo Cruz. It includes the plays 'Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams' and 'Lorca in a Green Dress' as well as 'A Bicycle Country' and the one act play, 'Capricho'.