This poignant and poetic Pulitzer Prize winning play captures 1929 Florida at the same time when cigars are still rolled yourself and “lectors” are used to educate and entertain the workers. The appearance of a fresh lector is a cause for celebration. However when he reads aloud from “Anna Karenina”, he unwittingly turns into a catalyst in the lives of his avid listeners, for whom Tolstoy, the tropics, and The American Dream verify a volatile combination.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance starring:

Jimmy Smits as Juan Julian

Onahoua Rodriguez seeing that Marela

Adriana Sevan as Conchita

Alma Martinez as Ofelia

Jonathan Nichols as Palomo and Eliades

Winston Rocha mainly because Santiago

Herbert Siguenza while Chéché

Aimed by Jose Luis Valenzuela. Recorded before a live viewers on the Skirball Cultural Middle, Los Angeles.