Synopsis
Two Sisters and a Piano
Published by Dramatists Play Service
2 Male 2 Female
Set in 1991, during the Pan American Games in Havana and while
the Russians are pulling out of Cuba, this play portrays two
sisters, Maria Celia, a novelist, and Sofia, a pianist, serving
time under house arrest
Passion infiltrates politics when a lieutenant assigned to their case becomes infatuated with Maria Celia, whose literature he has been reading
"It's one of the most fascinating cat-and-mouse games to be seen on the stage" ~ Star-Ledger
"The beauty of Two Sisters and a Piano is its refusal to paint characters in black-and-white. Cruz's tightly constructed study of incarcerated sisters - provides the spine for an authentic study of oppression that bends but never breaks the human spirit" ~ Variety