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“The Box” – A performance by Carmelita Tropicana
Public · By The Process Series: New Works in Development
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The Process Series presentsTHE BOX
Written and performed by Carmelita Tropicana
(aka Alina Troyano)Friday, November 15 at 8:00pm
Saturday, November 16 at 8:00pmFREE and open to the public
Carmelita Tropicana’s father was jailed as a teen for his revolutionary activities. He joined the rebel forces to free Cuba from Batista’s regime fighting alongside Castro but was forced to leave Cuba when he wrote a scathing report on a jail holding political prisoners. As a father he was in and out of Carmelita’s life for years at a time, and while she once wanted normalcy and yearned for a father who was a dentist, she is beginning to think that “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” This new piece by New York City-based performance artist Carmelita Tropicana explores complex racial and social issues through meta-biographical performance.