March 21, 2006

NSU Theatre Closes Season with Story of Cuban Repression

FT. LAUDERDALE-DAVIE , FL -- Nova Southeastern University’s Theatre Program closes its inaugural season with a controversial Cuban tale of parricide, revenge and revolution. Night of the Assassins, by famed Cuban playwright José Triana will run April 7 and 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the 2nd floor auditorium of the Mailman-Hollywood Building on NSU’s main campus. Admission is free.

Night of the Assassins was originally written in Cuba in 1964, and was subsequently banned there for 30 years. Three siblings perform a ritualistic murder of their parents in this complex study of a revolutionary family. The play will be performed in English.

Triana was one of the most influential Cuban playwrights during the early years of the Cuban Revolution. Recognizing that he could not function as a playwright in Castro's Cuba Triana left the island in 1980 for self-imposed exile in Paris where he has lived ever since. Night of the Assassins is Triana's most influential play, and one of the most frequently produced Spanish-language dramas.

NSU’s Theatre Program is housed in the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Division of Humanities. The 2005-2006 season also featured productions of The Burial at Thebes and Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America.

For reservations contact the NSU Theatre Program at (954) 262-8179 or nsutheatre@nsu.nova.edu.