Anna in the Tropics

Michel HAUSMANN artistic director

Nicholas RICHBERG managing director

present

ANNA IN THE TROPICS

written & directed by Nilo CRUZ

starring Daniel CAPOTE, Brandon ESPINOZA, Serafin FALCÓN, Andrea FERRO, Hannia GUILLEN, Gabriell SALGADO, Saundra SANTIAGO

scenic design

Arnulfo MALDONADO costume design Christopher VERGARA lighting design Yuki NAKASE LINK music & sound design Salomon LERNER

prop design Eugenio TILLERO wig design Carol RASKIN movement & intimacy director Samantha PAZOS

production stage manager Lalis SOLÓRZANO M. assistant stage manager Victoria MEJIA

associate scenic designer Corey UMLAUF

assistant lighting designer Jordan VERA

assistant costume designer Glennys JEAN

assistant director Karen ESKENAZI general manager Jessica KASCHUBE production manager Luisa BUITRAGO technical director Steven NUÑEZ company manager Jenna FERNANDEZ

Casting by Stephanie Yankwitt, CSA

Anna in the Tropics is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

Roger Berlind, Daryl Roth, Ray Larsen, in association with Robert Bartner presented the New York premiere of Anna in the Tropics at the Royale Theatre.

Anna in the Tropics was originally commissioned and produced by New Theatre, Coral Gables, FL, Rafael de Acha, Artistic Director; Eileen Suarez, Managing Director, through a residency grant from Theatre Communications Group and the National Endowment for the Arts.

It was subsequently produced by South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, CA, David Emmes, Producing Artistic Director; Paula Tomei, Managing Director, and at the McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton, NJ, Emily Mann, Artistic Director; Jeffrey Woodward, Managing Director. The McCarter Theatre Center production transferred to Broadway.

Daniel CAPOTE

Andrea FERRO

Brandon ESPINOZA

Hannia GUILLEN

Saundra SANTIAGO

Serafin FALCÓN

Gabriell SALGADO

It is an honor to be directing Anna in the Tropics at Miami New Drama, especially during these times in which so many works of literature are being censored. Anna in the Tropics celebrates the power of literature and how it can offer possibilities to transform our lives. We all have a book, a play or a movie that made us not only see life in a new light, but also allowed us to realize that our existence is extraordinary.

All works of art should astonish, not in an ordinary, fashionable way, but with their unsettling beauty and insight into life.

They should all take us on a spellbinding journey that insists in guiding us inwards, towards our humanity, and the depths of the human heart. This is what this play honors, the gift of the written word and how it can make us change the way we view ourselves and the world.

Nilo Cruz | Playwright & Director

Anna in the Tropics is a story about the transformative power of art and literature. The lives of the characters in the play are turned upside down when they are introduced to the powerful Tolstoy masterpiece Anna Karenina . Similarly, Nilo’s powerful masterpiece has transformed the lives of thousands of theater professionals, students, actors, directors, and countless others. As the first Hispanic playwright ever to win the Pulitzer Prize, Nilo has inspired a generation of Hispanic artists to pursue theater. He opened the door and gave us permission to enter. Miami New Drama is a result of that ripple effect.

I remember exactly where I was when I read Anna in the Tropics for the first time almost 20 years ago. I remember how deeply it impacted me and how Nilo became one of my heroes. Years later, I made my New York directing debut premiering a play by Nilo Cruz. Today, I call him a friend and a collaborator. It’s our great honor to be producing the 20th anniversary of this play with such a brilliant cast and extraordinary design team.

I hope you enjoy the show.

Michel Hausmann | Artistic Director

NILO CRUZ (Playwright & Director), a CubanAmerican, gained national prominence in 2003 when he won the Pulitzer Prize for drama for his play Anna in the Tropics, for which he also received a Steinberg Award and Tony Award nomination. He has become known for his ability to successfully weave strains of magic realism and other literary traditions into his works. His plays include A Park in Our House; Two Sisters and a Piano; A Bicycle Country; Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams; Lorca in a Green Dress; Hurricane; Sotto Voce; Bathing in Moonlight; Hotel Desiderium; The Color of Desire and Kisses through the Glass. His work has been seen at numerous theaters around the country and around the world in Canada, England, France, Australia, Germany, Belarus, Russia, Costa Rica, Colombia, Japan and Spain. As a lyricist, he is a frequent collaborator with composer Gabriela Lena Frank. He has written the libretti for The Conquest requiem and the Santos oratorio for Ms. Frank and the text of orchestral songs, La Centinela y la paloma. Cruz also adapted Ann Patchett’s 2001 novel Bel Canto for the Lyric Opera of Chicago, with Peruvian composer Jimmy López and recently premiered the Dreamers oratorio by López at Cal Performance in Berkeley, Calif.

DANIEL CAPOTE (Cheché) is beyond honored to be returning to Miami New Drama in the 20th anniversary production of one of his favorite plays, Anna in the Tropics. He had the great fortune of working on this play during a 2 week reading for The Acting Company. Daniel has also appeared in MiND’s previous productions as Jorge Más Santos in Elián and Alex Mesa in The Cuban Vote. Other recent credits include: Frankenstein (Zoetic Stage), Finding Mona Lisa (Actor’s Playhouse) and The Caretaker (Zoetic Stage). Training: The Juilliard School. Many thanks to Michel and Nilo, as well as this incredibly talented cast. Above all, I want to thank my beautiful wife Yanet for her constant and enduring support.

BRANDON ESPINOZA (Palomo) Broadway: Spongebob Squarepants, Tuck Everlasting, Gypsy, Big, Les Miserables, The Will Rogers Follies. Off-Broadway: The Visitor (The Public Theater), Baghdaddy (St.Luke’s Theater; Chita Rivera Award), Substitution (Playwrights Realm), Scarcity (Atlantic Theater Company),

Tea and Sympathy (Keen Company), Not Waving (NYSPF), Captains Courageous (Manhattan Theater Club; Drama League honoree/nominee). Regional: On Your Feet! (Papermill Playhouse), A View From The Bridge (Director: Ivo van Hove; Goodman Theater), The Way Of The World (Director/Playwright: Theresa Rebeck; Folger Shakespeare Theater), My America Too; Middle of the Night (Baltimore Center Stage; Playwright: Neil LaBute). Current TV: Detective Garcia on Raising Kanan (STARZ). Other TV: The Equalizer (CBS), FBI (CBS), The Leftovers (HBO), The Following (NBC), The Mysteries Of Laura (NBC), The Carrie Diaries (CW). BFA; NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

SERAFIN FALCÓN

(Santiago) is a CubanAmerican actor, born and raised in Miami’s Little Havana. Film/TV: The Sopranos, Burn Notice, Graceland, Transporter 2, NCIS: LA, The Chosen. On stage: Anna in the Tropics (Miami New Drama/Bay Street Theatre/Sierra Madre Playhouse), August G for Casa 0101 Serafin has worked on several Nilo Cruz plays: Hurricane, Tsunami, and Color of Desire. He originated the role of Fedor in Cruz’s Hotel Desiderium. Anna in the Tropics is a personal homage for Falcón as his grandmother and her siblings were all cigar rollers (torcedoras/ es) in Cuba. He is extremely grateful for this opportunity to honor their memory. A special thanks to his mother, whose unwavering love & support continues to inspire him daily, and to his friends he calls his family. Special thanks to Natalie Kollar and the LA Talent team. Last, a big thanks to Miami New Drama for this beautiful opportunity. Gracias!

ANDREA FERRO (Marela) is thrilled to be making her Miami New Drama debut. She proudly attended Atlantic School in New York City. Selected credits include: The Dreams Of Anne Frank (Area Stage Co.), Baño De Luna (Miami Dade County Auditorium), Farhad or The Secret of Being (Paseo Wynwood) Last Stop On Market Street (Atlantic Theater Co.) Big Love (Columbia Lenfest Center for The Arts). Andrea would like to thank her family & friends for their constant support and Nilo Cruz for the opportunity to bring her dream role to life. @andrea_ferroo

HANNIA GUILLEN (Conchita) is an actress and producer. She began her acting career at Prometeo under the direction of Teresa Maria Rojas. Some of her TV credits include: Burn Notice, Passions and The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. Theater Credits: The Color of Desire, A Bicycle Country, Bathing in Moonlight,Sotto Voce, Hotel Desiderium and Kisses Through The Glass all written by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Nilo Cruz. She has performed in some of the most renowned theaters including: The McCarter Theater, Theater for the New City, Asolo Repertory and Repertorio Español. Film Credits include Bad Girl Island written and directed by Stewart Raffill and La Condesa. Hannia is the founder of Farashazul Productions where she stars in and produced the short films Victoria and Agiter among others. Hannia is a current member of Bobby Moresco The Actor’s gym.

GABRIELL SALGADO (Juan Julian) is thrilled to be working with Miami New Drama again. After making his professional debut with Zoetic Stage as ‘The Creature’ in Frankenstein, he has since starred in The Foundry’s production of Lucas Hnath’s Red Speedo, Palm Beach Dramaworks’ production of Amy Herzog’s 4,000 Miles, Michael McKeever’s The Code, Hannah Benitez’s Gringolandia, and Ira Levin’s Deathtrap. Upcoming productions this season include Patrick Barlow’s The 39 Steps with Zoetic Stage, and Charise Castro Smith’s El Huracan at GableStage. Gabriell would like to thank his friends and family for their endless love and support. gabriellsalgado.com @gabriellsalg

SAUNDRA SANTIAGO (Ofelia) has worked in television, movies, as well as the Broadway stage, and was last seen in NY City Center’s Production of Promenade as Mother. Saundra made her Broadway debut in Arthur Miller’s 1st Tony award nominated revival of A View from the Bridge as Catherine. TV: Hallmark Movie Meddling Mom, C.B.S.’s Person of Interest and Guiding Light (Alma Award), the short lived series The Unusuals, FX’s Damages. ABC’s One Life to Live, Dt. Gina Calabrese on the cult NBC show, Miami Vice for 5 seasons, twins, Jeannie Cusamano and Joan on HBO series, The Sopranos, Law and Order Madame Secretary, and more. Film: Spike Lee’s 25th

Hour, The House that Jack Built, Garmento, and Bruja filmed entirely in Panama in a remote Indian village. She’s most happy working with her longtime mentor, broadway director & choreographer, Graciela Daniele, who utilized her musical talents in the Tony nominated musical Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Hello Again, and Smile, and Bernarda (Lincoln Center). She toured nationally playing Eva in Evita and was seen in Nilo Cruz’ A Very Old Man (New Jersey Shakespeare Co). She has starred opposite the late great Sidney Poitier & Elizabeth Montgomery in MOWs, the Antonio Banderas in the Tony award winning revival of Nine on Broadway, to the sublime Kevin Bacon, Off-Broadway, in Spike Heels. She’s a member of the famed Actor’s Studio in New York City. BFA University of Miami, MFA Southern Methodist University.

ARNULFO MALDONADO (Scenic Designer) Broadway: A Strange Loop (Tony Nominee); Topdog/Underdog; Trouble In Mind. OffBroadway: Atlantic, MCC, MTC, Playwrights Horizons, Second Stage, Signature. Regional: Alley Theatre, Berkeley Rep, CTG, Guthrie, Steppenwolf, Woolly Mammoth. International Tour: The Magnetic Fields: 50 Song Memoir. 2020 Obie Sustained Excellence in Set Design, Princess Grace Fabergé Theater Award, Henry Hewes Design Award nominee. IG: arnulfo. maldonado.design Arnulfomaldonado.com

CHRISTOPHER VERGARA (Costume Designer) [he/him/él] Recent credits include Elián (Miami New Drama) Anna in the Tropics (Barrington Stage); Windfall (Bay Street Theater), Cendrillon, Junk, Rise to Freedom, Hair (University Productions), A Number, Girlfriend, She Talks to Beethoven, The 17th Chapel (Drama League); A Survivor’s Odyssey, a live virtual opera (White Snake), Bodas de Sangre/Blood Wedding (Phoenix Theater); Once (VinWonders, Vietnam); the bull-jean stories, Unfuckwithable (Drama League); References to Salvador Dali… (Juilliard); Macbeth (Lewis Center for the Arts); Shadows (Connelly) In the Heights (Orlando Shakes); Kidnap Road (La Mama); The Golem of Havana (La Mama, Miami New Drama); Texas in Paris, Last Dance (York); Danza-de-Fernando (somedance company); like the eagle (DASH); Madame Butterfly, Kiss Me Kate, La Traviata,

Pirates of Penzance (Brevard Music Festival); Harlequinade, Walpurgisnacht, Majisimas (Ballets Trockadero). Broadway Associate credits include Free Man of Color, The Visit, People in the Picture, Eclipsed, The Color Purple, and Once on this Island. He is the Associate for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast’s most recent domestic and international tours. He is the Designer-in-Residence and Guest Lecturer at the University of Michigan: School of Music, Theatre & Dance. He is an alumnus of The Professional Internship Program of The Juilliard School and a member of IATSE-USA 829, Wingspace, Design Action, La Gente: The Latinx Theatre Network, and Gotham Knights Rugby. Christophervergara.com

YUKI NAKASE LINK (Lighting Designer)

Previously with Miami New Drama: When Monica Met Hillary, Seven Deadly Sins, The Cubans, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Queen of Basel. With Michel Hausmann: The Golem Of Havana (La MaMa), Black Milk (CSC). Recent and Upcoming: Orpheus and Eurydice (San Francisco Opera); Madame Butterfly (Cincinnati Opera); Orfeo (Santa Fe Opera); Proving Up (The Juilliard School); In a Grove (Pittsburgh Opera); Four Saints in Three Acts (Target Margin Theater); Embarqued: Stories of Soil (BAM Fisher); The Orchard (Baryshnikov Arts Center); Red Velvet (Shakespeare Theatre Company); Our Town (Dallas Theater Center); Seven Deadly Sins (New York City); Blood Moon at Prototype Festival (Baruch Performing Arts Center); Triptych: Eyes of One on Another (Disney Hall, Kennedy Center, BAM Howard Gilman Opera House). She was born in Tokyo, grew up in Kyoto, Japan and currently lives north of NYC in the woods of Hudson Valley. M.F.A.: NYU. Website: yukinlink.com

SALOMON LERNER (Music & Sound Designer) is originally from Caracas, Venezuela and lives in New York City where he is Director of Composition Programs at The NightingaleBamford School. Holds an M.F.A. from NYU’s Tisch Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program and majored in Film Scoring at the Berklee College of Music. His music has been performed at various theater venues including The Public Theater’s Newman Stage and La Mama’s Ellen Stewart Theater (New York, NY), Barrington Stage Company (Pittsfield, MA),

and the Colony Theatre (Miami Beach, FL); at various dance spaces including The Alchemical Laboratory, Martha Graham Studios, Bryant Park, The Brooklyn Botanic Garden; and on several short films and TV shows such as CBS Sports’ We Need To Talk and Telemundo’s La Fan. At Miami New Drama: The Golem of Havana (2016), Our Town (2017), Queen of Basel (2018), Puras Cosas Maravillosas (2018), FAKE (2019), Confessions of a Cocaine Cowboy (2019), 7 Deadly Sins (2020), and Elián (2022). www.salomonlerner.com

EUGENIO TILLERO (Props Design) is a Venezuelan film photographer, lab technician and prop master. A graduate of advertising from Miami Ad School, he has always had a passion for the creatives and worked in various shoots curating sets from scouting locations to finding the perfect props. This naturally led him to start working on stage plays expanding his love for the arts. His enjoyment for prop work and curating items lends itself hand-inhand with his passion for film cameras and developing film. Soon, he will be opening a film developing lab in Miami hoping that the love for film continues and never dies.

CAROL RASKIN (Wig Designer) is a Miami- Florida native and has been a global hair and make-up artist over 30 years, constantly expanding her craft for the theater, advertisement, movie, and video markets. She is a hard working team player who shows enthusiasm and a positive attitude, always up for a challenge paying close attention to continuity, speed, and accuracy. This enables her to pull together any project. As each project evolves the laughter gets her past the challenges. Her knowledge and experience embrace all types of hair designs from past to present, including the use of wigs, braids and accessories tailored to the person. A large stock of wigs and hair pieces allows her to be creative and do the job right. www.artisticlooks.com

SAMANTHA PAZOS (Movement & Intimacy Director, Assistant to the Director) is a choreographer, director, and educator from Miami, FL. MFA in Dance Performance and Choreography, FSU. Her dance training stems from The Ailey School, Jose Mateo Ballet

Theatre, American Dance Festival, Ballet Concerto and Patricia Penenori Dance Center. Her work has been presented at the DUMBO Dance Festival, Ailey Citigroup Theater, Asolo Rep with Sarasota Contemporary Dance, Florida State University’s Nancy Smith Fichter Theatre, and Miami Light Project as part of Here & Now Festival. Her theater credits include: The Amparo Experience, A Curious Case of the Dog In the Night-Time, Edwin Drood, Hello, Again, Godspell, A New Brain, Three Musketeers, The Rover, etc. She is currently on faculty at University of Miami’s Department of Theatre Arts.

LALIS SOLÓRZANO MARTINEZ (Production Stage Manager) is a BFA Stage Management graduate from the University of Miami from Medellin, Colombia. Recently directed XOXO LORD BYRON at the New York Theater Festival, also produced and directed the first official season of RENT with his own theater company CITRINO TEATRO in Colombia. Stage manager for Hortensia and The Museum of Dreams, Hurricane, Sotto Voce, Hotel Desiderium and Kisses Through the Glass directed by Nilo Cruz at The Miami Dade County Auditorium, and Girls vs. Boys at the Adrienne Arsht Center.

VICTORIA MEJIA (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to be working on Anna In The Tropics at Miami New Drama. She is a junior BFA Stage Management student at The University of Miami. Born and raised in Hollywood, FL to Puerto Rican and Honduran parents, she has a deep passion for community well-being and its connection to the performing arts. Her recent credits at school include stage managing The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night-Time, Into The Woods, This Is Our Youth, and Hello Again at The Jerry Herman Ring Theatre. The Ring is also where she works as technical staff in the costume shop. To her family, friends, and mentors, who have been there every step of the way, she does everything for you.

KATELYN BOURKE (Rehearsal Stage Manager) is a Miami-based theater artist, choreographer, and stage manager. She is a Florida International University graduate with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre with a Minor in Dance. Some recent credits include The

Courage (SM) and Elián (ASM) with Miami New Drama and Matilda, Clue, and the School of Rock with Artistic Vibes Kids. Some of her performance credits include Eve Addaman in She Stoops to Comedy and Betty Lovell in Red Velvet. She, along with her castmates, were invited to perform in South Carolina as part of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Katelyn has experience in teaching music and creative movement for tiny humans, as well as dance, movement for actors, and musical theater for performers of all ages! Katelyn would also like to thank everyone at Miami New Drama for welcoming her to the team with open arms.

KAREN ESKENAZI (Assistant Director) Assistant directing credits include The Brightest Thing in the World (Yale Repertory Theatre), When Monica Met Hillary, and The Cuban Vote (Miami New Drama). Stage managing credits include Puras Cosas Maravillosas (MiND). Acting credits include Marisol (Emstage) and She Kills Monsters (Emerson College’s Kidding Around). She is thrilled to be working on this beautiful piece. kareneskenazi3@gmail.com

COREY UMLAUF (Associate Scenic Designer) Corey’s design work has been presented at: Ars Nova, Clubbed Thumb, Columbia University, JACK, Actors Theatre of Louisville. Film: The Sweet East (featureminiature design), Vundabar’s Lore (music video). Corey is the Resident Scenic Designer for the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center’s National Playwrights Conference. 2022 Colt Coeur resident. Select Associate Scenic Design: TopDog Underdog (Golden Theatre), A Strange Loop (Lyceum Theatre), Goddess (Berkeley Repertory Theatre). Corey is a proud member of USA-829. www.coreyumlauf.com

JORDAN VERA (Assistant Lighting Designer) is originally from Miami, Florida, currently residing in Knoxville, Tennessee as a freelance Lighting Designer in the Southeast Region. He has had the opportunity to work for the Miami Summer Opera Festival, the Clarence Brown Theatre, Oak Ridge Playhouse, Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Cincinnati playhouse at the park, Flying Anvil Theatre, and North Carolina stage Co. Jordan is honored

to have the opportunity to work alongside a talented group of artistic collaborators here at Miami New Drama and is excited to assist in the 20th-anniversary presentation of Anna in the Tropics. To see more of Jordan’s work, please visit his online theater portfolio at www. JVersDesigns.com.

GLENNYS JEAN (Assistant Costume Designer) is Miami based costume designer and recent graduate of Florida International University with a BFA in Theatre Costume Design. Previous assistant designer credits include Frankenstein (Zoetic Stage) and When Monica Met Hillary (Miami New Drama). Designs include Pipeline, Sonnets for an Old Century, and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime (Florida International University Productions). She is quite honored to have had the opportunity of working with such talented theater artists.

STEPHANIE YANKWITT (Casting Director) (she/her) is owner of the NYC based TBD Casting Co., which specializes in casting new work across all mediums including Theatre, Television and Film. TBD is strongly committed to inclusion and diversity of ALL kinds, and prioritizes casting every project in a way that truly mirrors the heterogeneity of the real world. With strong backgrounds in Producing and Dramaturgy, we work tirelessly to ensure that the creator’s vision of the story unfolds in dynamic and diverse ways. New York highlights include Frankie & Johnny in the Clare de Lune by Terrence McNally, starring Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon, Zora Howard’s Stew for Page 73 Productions, and Jackie Sibblies Drury’s Fairview for Soho Rep and Theatre for a New Audience, which won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. This past Spring, tbd cast the first season of a hybrid docuseries for Disney+/ Culture House. TBD Casting Co. is the resident casting office for Soho Repertory Theatre, and frequent collaborators of Tectonic Theater Project in NYC, and La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego. Stephanie sits on the Equity in Entertainment Committee of the CSA.

MICHEL HAUSMANN (Artistic Director)

Michel Hausmann is a Venezuelan-born theater director, producer, and writer. He is the recipient of the Drama League Award

for conceiving and directing Seven Deadly Sins, “the biggest live professional theater production in the country” during the pandemic (The New York Times). He is the founder and Artistic Director of Miami New Drama, the largest bilingual theater company in the country and resident and operator of the historic Colony Theatre on Miami Beach. Under his artistic leadership, Miami New Drama has produced world premiere plays that are as diverse, multicultural, and multilingual as Miami’s extraordinary community, including: A Wonderful World, Confessions of a Cocaine Cowboy, ¡Viva La Parranda!, The Cubans, Fake, When Monica Met Hillary, Gente Ociosa, Queen Of Basel, Papá Cuatro, The Cuban Vote, 7 Deadly Sins, and the first multilingual production of Our Town. Other productions include The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (in co-production with Asolo Rep), The Album (in co-production with Tectonic Theater Project), A Special Day (in co-production with The Play Company), Terror (Directed by Gregory Mosher), One Night in Miami... (Directed by Carl Cofield), The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Directed by David Greenspan), among others. Michel is the book writer and director of The Golem Of Havana, a critically acclaimed original musical that has been produced across the country, including a sold-out, extended run at the Colony Theatre. Hausmann’s Off-Broadway credits include the New York Premiere of Vassily Sigarev’s Black Milk and the New York premiere of The Color Of Desire by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Nilo Cruz. He was the co-founder and Artistic Director of an award-winning theater company in Venezuela, where he directed over a dozen productions. Michel received a BA from Emerson College and an MFA in Theater Directing from Columbia University. He is a New York Theater Workshop 2050 Fellow, an IRNE nominee, a Silver Palm Award winner, a Richard Rodgers Award finalist, and a two-time Knights Arts Challenge Award recipient.

NICHOLAS RICHBERG (Managing Director) is an award-winning producer, actor, and theater executive who has received critical acclaim for his broad range of work. Under his executive leadership Miami New Drama has produced the Drama League Award-winning 7 Deadly Sins, A Wonderful World, The Cubans,

and Bridge of San Luis Rey. Previously he served as Managing Director of Zoetic Stage at the Adrienne Arsht Center where he produced the world premieres of Christopher Demos-Brown’s Stripped, Michael McKeever’s After, and Fuácata! or a Latina’s Guide to Surviving the Universe, as well as award winning productions of Rapture, Blister, Burn, Pinter’s The Caretaker, Topdog/Underdog, and Sondheim’s Passion and Sunday in the Park with George (Carbonell Award, Best Production of a Musical). Stage credits include Confessions of a Cocaine Cowboy (Miami New Drama), Peter and the Starcatcher (Adrienne Arsht Center, Carbonell Award, Best Actor in a Play), Fun Home (Zoetic Stage, Silver Palm Award, Cabonell Nom.), Terry Teachout’s Billy and Me (Palm Beach Dramaworks, Carbonell Nom.). He is a Carbonell Award winner, Silver Palm Award winner, a Miami Foundation Miami Leader, has received nine Carbonell Award nominations and has twice been named Best Actor by Miami New Times. Richberg is a graduate of Miami Country Day School and University of Miami, holds a Certificate in Nonprofit Management from Duke University, and is currently a candidate of the IE University/Brown University Executive MBA program.

MIAMI NEW DRAMA is a nonprofit professional theater company based in Miami Beach, Florida committed to artistic excellence and groundbreaking work, with a vision of theater as a powerful form of social engagement. In residence at the historic Colony Theatre on Miami Beach, the company focuses on the development of new plays and musicals in both English and Spanish, most notably 7 Deadly Sins, winner of the 2021 Drama League Award for Outstanding Interactive or Socially-Distanced Theater, the world premiere development of the new Louis Armstrong musical A Wonderful World, When Monica Met Hillary by Winter Miller, Puras Cosas Maravillosas by Duncan Macmillan, the first ever multilingual adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s classic Our Town, The Cubans by Michael Leon, Confessions of a Cocaine Cowboy by Billy Corben & Aurin Squire, Queen of Basel by Hilary Bettis, Viva La Parranda! by Betsayda Machado and La Parranda El Clavo in collaboration with Juan

Souki, and Gente Ociosa by Karin Valecillos. Miami New Drama is the winner of two Knight Arts Challenge awards and a Knight New Works Miami award from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. It was the 2018 and 2022 Miami New Times Best Theater for Drama and was honored with the Thornton Wilder Prize in 2022.

ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 50,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. www.actorsequity.org

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PRODUCTION STAFF

Rehearsal Stage Manager

Katelyn Bourke Fight Captain

Gabriell Salgado Head Electrician & Light Board Op Luisa Suarez Lighting Programmer Zach Pizza

Sound Head & Board Operator

Rafael Otero Prop Supervisor Eugenio Tillero Deck Crew/Props Tyler Correa Deck Crew

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• Commissioner Eileen Higgins

• International Finance Bank

• Denise and Enrique Lerner

• Rhoda Levitt

• Danya Lindenfeld

• Vera Muller

• Aurin Squire

• The Widrich - Weitz Family

$2,500+

• Anonymous

• Uri & Vanessa Benhamron

• Andrea Berdichevsky

• Ray Breslin & Patrick Pecoraro

• Cowles Charitable Trust

• Lisa Dozier

• Florida Theatrical Association

• Roselyne Freeman

• Alexander and Danielle Galsky

• Jane & Saul Gross

• Andres Hausmann

• Joy & Fred Malakoff

• Charles Million

• Edwin Naamon MD

• The Opportunity Fund at The Miami Foundation

• Robert Rosenberg

$1,000+

• Janet Altman & Timothy Schmand

• Anonymous (2)

• Antoinette Baldwin

• Maria Bechily

• Kimberly Caciopo

• Eva Cooperman

• Ross Dakin

• Jeffrey Davis

• Gary Farmer

• Paula & Mickey Finkle

• Roselynne Freeman

• The Fons Family

• Ami and Jack Glottman

• Steve Gombinksi and Yvette Costas

• Anthony P Goodman

• Steve Green

• Adrienne & Matt Hamer

• Manfredo Hausmann

• Sally Hodgson

• Joel Hoffman & John Stuart

• Debby Landesman

• Mayor Daniella Levine Cava

• Jan Mershon

• Marta Olchyk

• Victoria Pelletier

• Michael & Mary Ellen Peyton

• Jason Pizzo

• Ana Raley

• Stephanie Rosen

• Peggy Scharlin

• Brett Schmulian

• Sidney Stoltz

• Debra Swiatek

• Jacqueline Gonzalez Touzet

• Roberto Vainrub

• Rebecca Wehby

• Seth Weinberger

• Kevin Wolfer

• Mary Wolfson

• Mitchell Wolfson Jr.

$500+

• Anonymous (3)

• Lisa Beal

• Jennifer Buttrick

• Raoul & Ana Cantero

• Deanna & Doug Debrecht

• Andrew Delaplaine

• Faquiry Diaz

• Margalit Edelman

• Sapir Elazar

• David Frankel

• Missy & David Greenberg

• Meyrav & Michel Hausmann

• Lesley & Evan Heller

• Leila Kight

• Peter Klosowicz

• Laura & Daniel Koffsky

• Madeleine Kreitman

• John Malloy

• Barbara & David Martinez

• Lisa Massirman

• Monica Melamid

• Moises Naim

• Henry Raattama

• Nicholas Richberg

• Elizabeth Stamps

• Stinson Stroup

$100+

• Wendy Adelson

• Belissa Alvarez

• Anonymous (18)

• Jacomo Bairos

• Meytal Barak

• Max Ben-Hamoo

• Marli & Miles Bergner

• Barbara Bisno

• Bryan Blanco

• Lee Brooke

• Sydney Carpel

• Michael Carpenter

• Jenny Carson

• Norman Ciment

• Rita & Jerome Cohen

• Cheryl Deknatel

• Andrew Dolkart

• Laura Dominguez

• Patricia Dressler

• Cheryl Dunn Bychek

• Dennis Edwards

• Spencer Eig

• John Eisner

• Nina Eoniski

• The Bubis-Flicki Family

• Margarita Fernandez

• Rebecca Fishman Lipsey

• Samuel Flicki

• Charles Fombrun

• Bobby Freeman

• Sam Freeman

• Brendan Gaines

• Nancy Gelles

• Jeffrey Gilbert

• Nancy Gillespie

• Tania Gilinski

• Mark Goldberg

• Barbara Goldfarb

• Michael Gongora

• Diane Gonzalez

• Gayle Goodman

• Olga Granda

• Loretta Greco

• Matt Haggman

• Dellores Harris

• Joanna Hausmann

• Linda Hausmann

• William Heuseler

• Deborah Holmes

• James Judd

• Eliane Keane

• Aubrey Kessler

• Noah Kessler

• Fred & Judy Kettler

• Thomas Knapp

• Debbie Kugelman

• Walter Lambert

• David Lawrence & The Children’s Movement of Florida

• Nancy & Norman Lipoff

• Hugh Mackworth

• John Martin

• Kerin McCarthy Fredman

• Suzan McDowell

• Stuart Meltzer

• Ann & Donald Morrison

• Laurence Moser

• Gabriela Muller

• Maria L Navas

• Tamara Nixon

• Michelle Paley

• Paul Pataky

• Jeff & Marci Pearl

• Sheldon Philp

• Rich Pototsky

• Thomas Proctor

• Lauren & Jason Radick

• Luis Ramirez

• Vanessa Ressler

• Larry Rivero

• Malka & Rotem Rodrig

• Alex & Erik Rodriguez

• Victoria Rogers

• Gloria Romero Roses

• Yair Rosemberg

• Carla Ruben

• Jorge Saladrigas

• Renee Sall

• Annika Savill

• Elli Scharlin

• Paul Schwiep

• Andrea Sharp

• Sophia Sieczkowski

• Myra Silverstein

• Michael Sinder

• Mark S Steinberg

• Terrie Temkin

• Lucy Totten

• Jackie Traurig

• Debra Turpin

• Liat Tzur

• Maria C Vegas

• Charles Vita

• Jeffrey B Wahl

• Monica & Daniel Warman

• James B Watson

• Shimon Wdowinski

• Audrey Weiner

• Nora Weinreich

• Merle & Daniel Weiss

• Michael Yawney

• Joyce Zaritzky

• Teresa Zohn

• Elayne Slimak

• Brenda Sokolowski

• Pam & Burt Srebrenik

• Maria G Stampino

• Michele & Mark E Stein

Donations of $100+ received December 13, 2022. If your donation is listed incorrectly or missing, please email jessica@miaminewdrama.org ANNA IN THE TROPICS IS PRESENTED, IN MATERIAL PART, DUE TO THE SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.