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Nilo Cruz, Date Of Birth And Age
Nilo Cruz was born in Matanzas, Cuba on October 10, 1960, Nilo Cruz is now about 62 years old -
Nilo Cruz childhood
His father was sadly imprisoned for trying to leave Cuba, so Nilo was raised by his mother, aunt, and two older sisters. -
Miami
Leaving his sisters behind, Cruz and his parents emigrated to Miami when he was about 13. He quickly learned English and began writing poetry -
college
Nilo Cruz went to community college in Miami where he found an interest in directing, acting, and editions. His mentor Teresa María Rojas told him he was a writer, not a director. He then directed a scene from Mud, which caught the eye of Maria Irene Fornés. She found the artist incubation project and immediately offered him a spot on the team. -
New York
He moved to New York with his new mentor Maria Irene Fornés eventually joining New Dramatists. Paula Vogel who is a very influential playwriter offered him a scholarship to study playwriting with her at Brown College. Cruz later graduated with an MFA in Playwriting from Brown. -
Nilo Cruz is stronger than most think
Nilo Cruz comes out as openly gay knowing it could cost him his career as a playwright and as a director. -
Night Train to Boliña
Night Train to Boliña was the first play of Nilo Cruz. The play is set in Latin America in the mid-eighties. Threatened by starvation and abuse, the country goes into guerilla warfare. Two children run away from their rural village for a better chance of life in the city. Dancing on a fine line between innocent fantasy and harsh reality. -
A Park in Our House
The play, A Park in Our House was commissioned by McCarter Theater, for its second annual random acts festival of new plays. The play showed a family that was strong, united, and hopeful during the early rule of Castro. A sudden shift in the political landscape crushed a way of life for Cuba's people, but this one family is just trying to stay united. -
Dancing on Her Knees
Dancing on Her Knees was shown in the Joseph Papp Public Theater, New York. It follows the travails of a lonely transgender woman, who tries to summon the spirit of her dead lover but, instead, she is confronted with two restless ballroom dancers who had been her idols -
Two Sisters and a Piano
Shown in McCarter Theatre, Two Sisters, and a Piano is the story of the lives of two sisters imprisoned in their home due to speaking out against a repressive political regime. -
A Bicycle Country
Three Cubans try to build a better future for themself, so using a homemade raft they go across the Caribbean Sea and take chance to live free and have hope. -
Teaching
Nilo Cruz was profound for being a great teacher he taught playwriting at Brown, New York University Gallatin School, Yale School of Drama, and the University of Iowa. He also worked as a playwright at McCarter Theatre. -
Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams
A brother and a sister, whose lives were forever changed when their mother put them on a flight from Cuba to the United States in 1961. They return to Cuba, and the brother and sister take their own path. They search for recollection and healing. The siblings seek to make sense of their childhood not knowing what they will find. -
Anna in the Tropics
Cruz served as the playwright for the New Theatre in Coral Gables, Florida, which commissioned his play, Anna in the Tropics. Anna in the Tropics is set in Ybor City, Florida in 1929. The play focuses on the effects of mechanization, the Great Depression, and the advent of cigarettes on the cigar industry in Ybor City. -
The Pulitzer Prize
He wins the Pulitzer Prize for his amazing playwright Anna in the Tropics, he became the second Latino to receive this award -
Lorca in a Green Dress
First shown in Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Lorca in a Green Dress is a story about the life and death of Federico García Lorca following his murder at the hands of Spanish fascists. There are Five different aspects of himself helping to accept the truth, the passage from life to death. Although not as popular during the time another play he made was Capricho. -
Nominated
Nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Awards -John Gassner Playwriting Award. Also nominated for the Tony Awards - Best Play -
Beauty of the Father
Beauty of the Father is set in Andalusia, Spain, the story is about a young American girl who travels to spain to meet her estranged father and becomes romantically involved with his Moroccan companion. This passionate triangle explores the conflict between love and sacrifice. -
Hurricane
A tropical storm displaces the soul of a man and the lives of his family when an accident leaves him injured not only physically but also mentally with a case of amnesia. He tries to recover his memory so that he can live a normal life. Through an unexpected sacrifice, a path of redemption turns out to be a celebration of humility, generosity, and kindness. -
The Color of Desire
The Color of Desire is set in 1960 Havana, it's about a romance between an American businessman and an out-of-work Cuban actress. The relationship becomes a metaphor for their countries' ruptured love affair. -
Bathing in Moonlight
Bathing in Moonlight is a play about a relationship between Father Monroe, a Catholic priest, and Marcela a beautiful woman from Havana who plays piano in the church. In a fight where it comes down to god will they ultimately choose faith or flesh? -
Now
The newest project for Cruz is El último sueño de Frida y Diego (The Last Dream of Frida and Diego), a two-act opera commissioned by San Diego Opera and San Francisco Opera with a premiere in October 2022.
