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WHEN:
February 8 - March 19, 2023
Thursdays – Saturdays at 7:30pm
Sundays at 2:30pm
WHERE:
Theater Wit
1229 W. Belmont Avenue
Chicago.
CAST:
Charín Álvarez (Ofelia) Eduardo Curley-Carillo (Cheché), Dano Duran (Santiago), Arash Fakhrabadi (Juan Julian), Jalbelly Guzmán (Ensemble), Roberto Mantica (Palomo), Jonathan Olivares (Ensemble), Krystal Ortiz (Conchita), Tina Muñoz Pandya (Ensemble), and Alix Rhode (Marela).
CREATIVE TEAM:
Laura Alcalá Baker (she/her)- Director
Monet Felton (they/them)- Assistant Director
Melody Contreras (she/her)- Dramaturg
Jean Compton (she/her)- Stage Manager
Micah Figueroa (he/him)- Violence and Intimacy Designer
J. Sebastian Fabál (he/him)- Music Director
Rigo Saura (he/him)- Movement Designer
Lauren Nichols (she/her)- Scenic Designer
Gregory Graham (he/him)- Costume Designer
Aija Moreno (she/her)- Asst. Costume Designer
Claire Sangster (she/her)- Lighting Design
Peter Clare (they/them)- Sound Design
Ariel A. Castañeda (he/him)- Asst. Sound Designer
Rowan Doe (they/he)- Props Designer
Addoris Davis (they/she)- Production Manager
Lucy Whipp (she/her)- Asst. Production Manager
Harrison Ornelas (he/him)- Technical Director
Emily Altman (she/her)- Scenic Charge Artist
Gabi Sitze- Martin (she/her)- Wardrobe Supervisor
Christina Casano (she/her)- Creative Producer, Company Management, Covid Safety
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
"...In a Cuban American cigar factory just outside Ybor City in 1929, a charismatic lector reads Anna Karenina aloud to pass the hours. As Anna’s passions are enunciated, the workers’ hidden desires bubble to the surface, becoming a powderkeg that must eventually explode in the Florida heat. Nilo Cruz’s passionate classic shines an unrelenting light on the search for identity in the American landscape..."