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PRESS RELEASE MetroStage is pleased to present Be Careful! The Sharks Will Eat You!, a one-man show written and performed by Jorge “Jay” Alvarez, who tells a story of bravery, selflessness, and unimaginable courage and survival: the story of his family’s escape from the oppression of Fidel Castro’s Cuba in 1964. A skilled playwright and dynamic actor, Alvarez offers an autobiographical, multigenerational and cross-cultural performance that has audiences and critics across the country raving. Alvarez transports the audience back to the changing politics and glamorous nightlife of 1950’s Cuba, setting the stage for his family’s escape under the cover of a moonless night into the unknown Caribbean Sea. Click HERE to download full press release>>>		DC METRO THEATER ARTS An Interview with ‘Be Careful! The Sharks Will Eat You!’ Writer and Performer Jay Alvarez by Jordan Wright March 29, 2012 by Jordan Wright Beginning April 4th MetroStage will present Be Careful! The Sharks Will Eat You! - the compelling tale of one family’s escape from Cuba. The one-man drama is written, directed and performed by Jorge Alvarez whose parents crossed the 90 treacherous miles across the Straits of Florida by boat to Florida’s shores in 1964, five years after Castro came to power. Click HERE to download full DCTMA article>>>

PRESS RELEASE

MetroStage is pleased to present Be Careful! The Sharks Will Eat You!, a one-man show written and performed by Jorge “Jay” Alvarez, who tells a story of bravery, selflessness, and unimaginable courage and survival: the story of his family’s escape from the oppression of Fidel Castro’s Cuba in 1964. A skilled playwright and dynamic actor, Alvarez offers an autobiographical, multigenerational and cross-cultural performance that has audiences and critics across the country raving. Alvarez transports the audience back to the changing politics and glamorous nightlife of 1950’s Cuba, setting the stage for his family’s escape under the cover of a moonless night into the unknown Caribbean Sea.

Click HERE to download full press release>>>

DC METRO THEATER ARTS

An Interview with ‘Be Careful! The Sharks Will Eat You!’ Writer and Performer Jay Alvarez by Jordan Wright

March 29, 2012 by Jordan Wright

Beginning April 4th MetroStage will present Be Careful! The Sharks Will Eat You! - the compelling tale of one family’s escape from Cuba. The one-man drama is written, directed and performed by Jorge Alvarez whose parents crossed the 90 treacherous miles across the Straits of Florida by boat to Florida’s shores in 1964, five years after Castro came to power.

Click HERE to download full DCTMA article>>>