For Immediate Release: October 23, 2021

Media Contact:

Lisa Scheps, Co-Artistic Director, Ground Floor Theatre

512-809-0050 lisa@groundfloortheatre.org

Ground Floor Theatre

Announces auditions for

Anna in the Tropics

By Nilo Cruz

Ground Floor Theatre is holding auditions for the Pulitzer Prize winning Anna in the Tropics written by Nilo Cruz and directed by Carl Gonzales. Anna in the Tropics is a poignant and poetic play 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 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.

GFT is seeking Lantinx Actors (AEA ok).  Artists will be asked to submit video submissions by November 14th. Callbacks will be on November 20th from 2pm – 6 pm in person at Ground Floor Theatre.  Please submit a 1-minute modern monologue of your choice to lisa@groundfloortheatre.org. Callbacks will consist of cold reads from the script.

All positions are paid an honorarium.

Ground Floor Theatre is committed to inclusivity and as such unless specifically called for in the script, we cast without consideration to ability, race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, size, or shape. Auditioners should bring a resume and headshot with them.

Casting Latinx actors for all Characters

Santiago, owner of a cigar factory, late 50s
Cheché, his half-brother, half-Cuban, half-American, early 40s
Ofelia, Santiago’s wife, 50s
Marela, Ofelia and Santiago’s daughter, 22
Conchita, her sister, 32
Palomo, her husband, 41
Juan Julián, the lector, 38
Elíades, local gamester, runs cockfights, 40s

Performances February 17th-March 5th, 2021 , with rehearsals beginning in January.

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