The Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute and Southern Rep Theatre will be hosting a pre-show panel with members of the faculty and student body of Tulane before the performance of Azul by Christina Quintana, a New York-based writer with Cuban and Louisiana roots. Professors Ana López and Carolina Caballero, and PhD candidate Amanda Fleites Alonso will be discussing Azul and the evolution and current trends in Cuban-American narrative, theater and film, and the aesthetic, social, and political forces that shape, and sometimes dictate, them.

Before the 7:30 pm performance of "Azul"