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ANNA IN THE TROPICS By Nilo Cruz Directed by Lynn Hamrick February 15-18; 22-25 Winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for drama. Set in Florida in 1929 in a Cuban-American cigar factory, where cigars are still rolled by hand and “lectors” are employed to educate and entertain 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. –A POIGNANT AND POETIC PLAY–