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NILO CRUZ (1960 - ) |
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Nationality: Cuban USA Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Peregrine Whittlesey Agency |
Nilo Cruz is the most produced Cuban-American playwright in the U.S. He was the first dramatist of Hispanic decent to receive the Pulitzer Prize, in 2003 for Anna in the Tropics. Victory Gardens premiered Anna in the Tropics in Chicago, and subsequently transferred its production to the Goodman Theatre for an extended run. In his plays, Cruz almost always journeys back to Cuba, even when the play is not set there. He is a sensualist, a conjurer of mysterious voyages and luxuriant landscapes. His other plays include Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams (presented by Victory Gardens in 2005) Night Train to Bolina, Dancing on her Knees, Two Sisters and Piano, A Bicycle Country, Lorca in a Green Dress, Beauty of the Father, Ybor City, and translations of Lorca's Dona Rosita, The Spinster, and the House of Bernarda Alba. Cruz has been the recipient of numerous other awards and fellowships, including two NEA/TCG National Theatre Artist Residency grants, San Francisco's W. Alton Jones award and a Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays award. In addition to Victory Gardens, his work has been seen at Apple Tree Theatre, the McCarter Theatre in New Jersey, New York's Shakespeare Festival's Public Theatre, South Coast Rep, Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, New York Theatre Workshop, Magic Theatre, Minneapolis Children's Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Washington's Studio Theatre, Florida Stage, The Coconut Grove Playhouse, and at New Theatre, where he is a Playwright-in-Residence.
Plays by Nilo Cruz
Anna in the Tropics | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2002 | |||||
Company: | Out of the Box Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | Theatre Communications Group, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39900 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama | |||||
Synopsis: | 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 the workers. The arrival of a new lector is a cause for celebration, but when he begins to read aloud from Anna Karenina, 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. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ay, Carmela! | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2001 | |||||
Company: | Out of the Box Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #8420 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Jose Sanchis Sinisterra. Translation By Nilo Cruz & Catalino Botello | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Beauty Of The Father | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2007 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #8421 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | We are all familiar with the love triangle but in Beauty of the Father Nilo Cruz introduces an unrequited love pentangle crossing two generations and the ghost of Federico Garcia Lorca. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Bicycle Country, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Florida Stage | 1999 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #8422 | |||
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Genre: | Lyrical Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Three characters whose lives seem to be moving nowhere set out to build a dream, even if that dream seems perilous. This stirring portrait of three Cuban exiles and their harrowing journey across the Caribbean Sea examines the universal themes of freedom and oppression, hope and survival. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Capriccio | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Theatre Communications, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #89818 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Dancing On Her Knees | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1996 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #8423 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy drama Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | on "All Souls" day a dreamy transvestite rumbas against the grip of death in the times of AIDS | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dona Rosita the Spinster | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2009 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98144 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 10 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Federico Garcia Lorca. Translated and adapted by Nilo Cruz | |||||
Synopsis: | A spirited young woman full of life, Dona Rosita spends over two decades waiting for her fiance to return from abroad and marry her, finally losing all hope as the years pass her by. Set in Granada, Spain, the play draws symbolic parallels between Dona Rosita and the magically transformative nature of a rose called rosa mutable. In this lyrical drama, Lorca portrays what he called "the grotesque treatment of women in Spain." | |||||
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Graffiti | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #8424 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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Hortensia And The Museum Of Dreams | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2001 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #8425 | |||
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Genre: | Lyrical Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A brother and a sister, whose lives were forever altered when their mother put them on a flight from Havana to the United States in 1961, return to their native land during the Pope's visit to Cuba. The brother and sister take their own path, as they search for recollection and healing. This tale of estranged siblings seeking to make sense of the childhood that was subtracted from their lives possesses an imaginative and lyrical landscape that elevates the material to a poetic universality. | |||||
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Life is a Dream | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | DramatistsPlay Service, Inc (2009) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0822222347 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #94210 | |||
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Genre: | drama Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Pedro Calderon De La Barca | |||||
Synopsis: | Astrological omens predict that if King Basilio's son Segismundo is crowned, he will become a horrible tyrant who will bring destruction to his kingdom. Basilio imprisons Segismundo for life, but decades later he decides to let his son prove his ability to defy the stars. Allowed to rule the palace, Segismundo wreaks bloody vengeance on the kingdom, confirming the prediction of the stars, and the prince is returned to his prison. In Nilo Cruz's sublime translation of Calderon de la Barca's classic, the question of whether life is a dream or an illusion takes on a renewed relevance and urgency. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lorca in a Green Dress | ||
| 1st Produced: | Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland, OR | 2003 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Theatre Communications, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #8426 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 1 woman flamenco dancer/singer | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Lorca in purgatory, re-exploring the meaning of his life | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Night Train To Bolina | ||
| 1st Produced: | San Francisco | 1994 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #8427 | |||
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Genre: | Lyrical Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | The play is set in Latin America in the mid-eighties, in an unidentified country, during the guerilla warfare. Threatened by starvation and abuse, two children flee their rural village for the city. Dancing on a fine line between innocent fantasy and harsh reality, Mateo and Clara explore their imaginations in a world of dark mysticism and denied love. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Park In Our House, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1995 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42711 | |||
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Two Sisters And A Piano | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1998 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #8428 | |||
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Genre: | Lyrical Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Set in 1991, during the Pan American Games in Havana and while the Russians are pulling out of Cuba, this play portrays two sisters, Maria Celia, a novelist, and Sofia, a pianist, serving time under house arrest. Passion infiltrates politics when a lieutenant assigned to their case becomes infatuated with Maria Celia, whose literature he has been reading. | |||||
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Very Old Man With Enormous Wings, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2002 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42712 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 | ||
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Synopsis: | The Moon rides a blue bicycle which has a parasol attached. A very old man with wings talks through his eyes | |||||
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Ybor City | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2003 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #94860 | |||
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