The Wartburg Players will stage five performances of the prize-winning play “Anna of the Tropics” in English and Spanish during November.

Cuban-born playwright Nilo Cruz’s 2003 Pulitzer Prize winner for best drama — also a 2004 Tony Award nominee for best play — portrays Cuban immigrants in a Tampa, Fla., cigar factory in 1929 as hand-rolling gave way to mechanization.  

The English-language performances will be Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2-3 and 9-10, at 7:30 p.m. in McCaskey Lyceum of Saemann Student Center. The Spanish-language version will be Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. Admission is a free-will offering.

In the play, a lector hired to educate and entertain the workers reads from Leo Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina,” providing a connection to their changing lives. “Anna” also is “highly romantic,” according to Dr. William Earl, associate professor of communication arts and Wartburg Players director.

He noted that performing in two languages added depth to the experience.

“Our production process proved quite exciting — one cast, two languages,” Earl said. “Switching between the languages added a richness of interpretation for both actors and production staff. The elegant writing of Nilo Cruz sweeps the audience back to the past and forward to the future.”

The Wartburg Players will stage five performances of the prize-winning play “Anna of the Tropics” in English and Spanish during November.

Cuban-born playwright Nilo Cruz’s 2003 Pulitzer Prize winner for best drama — also a 2004 Tony Award nominee for best play — portrays Cuban immigrants in a Tampa, Fla., cigar factory in 1929 as hand-rolling gave way to mechanization.  

The English-language performances will be Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2-3 and 9-10, at 7:30 p.m. in McCaskey Lyceum of Saemann Student Center. The Spanish-language version will be Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. Admission is a free-will offering.

In the play, a lector hired to educate and entertain the workers reads from Leo Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina,” providing a connection to their changing lives. “Anna” also is “highly romantic,” according to Dr. William Earl, associate professor of communication arts and Wartburg Players director.

He noted that performing in two languages added depth to the experience.

“Our production process proved quite exciting — one cast, two languages,” Earl said. “Switching between the languages added a richness of interpretation for both actors and production staff. The elegant writing of Nilo Cruz sweeps the audience back to the past and forward to the future.”

The Wartburg Players will stage five performances of the prize-winning play “Anna of the Tropics” in English and Spanish during November.

Cuban-born playwright Nilo Cruz’s 2003 Pulitzer Prize winner for best drama — also a 2004 Tony Award nominee for best play — portrays Cuban immigrants in a Tampa, Fla., cigar factory in 1929 as hand-rolling gave way to mechanization.  

The English-language performances will be Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2-3 and 9-10, at 7:30 p.m. in McCaskey Lyceum of Saemann Student Center. The Spanish-language version will be Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. Admission is a free-will offering.

In the play, a lector hired to educate and entertain the workers reads from Leo Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina,” providing a connection to their changing lives. “Anna” also is “highly romantic,” according to Dr. William Earl, associate professor of communication arts and Wartburg Players director.

He noted that performing in two languages added depth to the experience.

“Our production process proved quite exciting — one cast, two languages,” Earl said. “Switching between the languages added a richness of interpretation for both actors and production staff. The elegant writing of Nilo Cruz sweeps the audience back to the past and forward to the future.”

The Wartburg Players will stage five performances of the prize-winning play “Anna of the Tropics” in English and Spanish during November.

Cuban-born playwright Nilo Cruz’s 2003 Pulitzer Prize winner for best drama — also a 2004 Tony Award nominee for best play — portrays Cuban immigrants in a Tampa, Fla., cigar factory in 1929 as hand-rolling gave way to mechanization.  

The English-language performances will be Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2-3 and 9-10, at 7:30 p.m. in McCaskey Lyceum of Saemann Student Center. The Spanish-language version will be Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. Admission is a free-will offering.

In the play, a lector hired to educate and entertain the workers reads from Leo Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina,” providing a connection to their changing lives. “Anna” also is “highly romantic,” according to Dr. William Earl, associate professor of communication arts and Wartburg Players director.

He noted that performing in two languages added depth to the experience.

“Our production process proved quite exciting — one cast, two languages,” Earl said. “Switching between the languages added a richness of interpretation for both actors and production staff. The elegant writing of Nilo Cruz sweeps the audience back to the past and forward to the future.”

The Wartburg Players will stage five performances of the prize-winning play “Anna of the Tropics” in English and Spanish during November.

Cuban-born playwright Nilo Cruz’s 2003 Pulitzer Prize winner for best drama — also a 2004 Tony Award nominee for best play — portrays Cuban immigrants in a Tampa, Fla., cigar factory in 1929 as hand-rolling gave way to mechanization.  

The English-language performances will be Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2-3 and 9-10, at 7:30 p.m. in McCaskey Lyceum of Saemann Student Center. The Spanish-language version will be Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. Admission is a free-will offering.

In the play, a lector hired to educate and entertain the workers reads from Leo Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina,” providing a connection to their changing lives. “Anna” also is “highly romantic,” according to Dr. William Earl, associate professor of communication arts and Wartburg Players director.

He noted that performing in two languages added depth to the experience.

“Our production process proved quite exciting — one cast, two languages,” Earl said. “Switching between the languages added a richness of interpretation for both actors and production staff. The elegant writing of Nilo Cruz sweeps the audience back to the past and forward to the future.”

The Wartburg Players will stage five performances of the prize-winning play “Anna of the Tropics” in English and Spanish during November.

Cuban-born playwright Nilo Cruz’s 2003 Pulitzer Prize winner for best drama — also a 2004 Tony Award nominee for best play — portrays Cuban immigrants in a Tampa, Fla., cigar factory in 1929 as hand-rolling gave way to mechanization.  

The English-language performances will be Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2-3 and 9-10, at 7:30 p.m. in McCaskey Lyceum of Saemann Student Center. The Spanish-language version will be Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. Admission is a free-will offering.

In the play, a lector hired to educate and entertain the workers reads from Leo Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina,” providing a connection to their changing lives. “Anna” also is “highly romantic,” according to Dr. William Earl, associate professor of communication arts and Wartburg Players director.

He noted that performing in two languages added depth to the experience.

“Our production process proved quite exciting — one cast, two languages,” Earl said. “Switching between the languages added a richness of interpretation for both actors and production staff. The elegant writing of Nilo Cruz sweeps the audience back to the past and forward to the future.”

The Wartburg Players will stage five performances of the prize-winning play “Anna of the Tropics” in English and Spanish during November.

Cuban-born playwright Nilo Cruz’s 2003 Pulitzer Prize winner for best drama — also a 2004 Tony Award nominee for best play — portrays Cuban immigrants in a Tampa, Fla., cigar factory in 1929 as hand-rolling gave way to mechanization.  

The English-language performances will be Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2-3 and 9-10, at 7:30 p.m. in McCaskey Lyceum of Saemann Student Center. The Spanish-language version will be Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. Admission is a free-will offering.

In the play, a lector hired to educate and entertain the workers reads from Leo Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina,” providing a connection to their changing lives. “Anna” also is “highly romantic,” according to Dr. William Earl, associate professor of communication arts and Wartburg Players director.

He noted that performing in two languages added depth to the experience.

“Our production process proved quite exciting — one cast, two languages,” Earl said. “Switching between the languages added a richness of interpretation for both actors and production staff. The elegant writing of Nilo Cruz sweeps the audience back to the past and forward to the future.”