Nilo Cruz, Playwright
Nilo Cruz is the author of many plays, including A PARK IN OUR HOUSE,
A BICYCLE COUNTRY, TWO SISTERS AND A PIANO, LORCA IN A GREEN DRESS,
HORTENSIA AND THE MUSEUM OF DREAMS, DANCING ON HER KNEES, NIGHT TRAIN
TO BOLINA, BEAUTY OF THE FATHER, A VERY OLD MAN WITH ENORMOUS WINGS,
and translations of THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA and DONA ROSITA, THE
SPINSTER. His plays have been produced throughout the country at
numerous theatres, including The Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York
Shakespeare Festival, New York Theatre Workshop, New Theatre (Coral
Gables, FL), McCarter Theatre Center (Princeton, NJ), Florida Stage,
Alliance Theatre Company (Atlanta), Coconut Grove Playhouse (Miami),
Magic Theatre (San Francisco) and Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He
is the recipient of numerous awards and grants, including the 2003
Pulitzer Prize for Drama for ANNA IN THE TROPICS, the Alton Jones
Award and the Kesselring Prize, and grants from the National Endowment
for the Arts, AT&T, the Kennedy Center and the Rockefeller Foundation.
Mr. Cruz is a professor at the Yale School of Drama. He resides in
New York City, and is a New Dramatists alumnus.
Nilo Cruz, Playwright
Photo Credit: Jennifer Reiley.
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