“Anna in the Tropics,” Nilo Cruz’s 2003 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, arrives at Barrington Stage’s Boyd Quinson Mainstage in downtown Pittsfield with performances from July 16-30. Set in 1929 at one of the last Cuban cigar factories in Tampa, a lecturer begins to read sections of “Anna Karenina” to greet the workers who are rolling the cigars, and the characters of the Russian classic. become parallel to the life of the worker. The cast includes Blanca Camacho, Alexis Cruz, Gilbert Cruz, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Marina Pires, Alex Rodriguez and Gabriela Saker. Elena Araoz directs. For details: www.barringtonstageco.org.
“Birds of North America,” a photo by Anna Ouyang Moench of a father and daughter who, over a decade, navigate changes in their relationship and climate, as they share an interest in birds and wildlife in Baltimore, plays Chester Theater, July 7-17. Alex Keegan directs, and Christopher Patrick Mullen and Micheline Wu co-star. For details: www.chestertheatre.org.
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