Lee Istail
Arts
Carmelita Tropicana dramatizes Latino and queer issues
By Lee Istail | April 8, 1996Carmelita Tropicana's performance last Friday in Collis Common Ground of her short play "Milk of Amnesia" gave insight into the lesbian Latino artist's attempt to regain her past culture. The play is a fictionalized version of Tropicana's real-life visit to her birthplace, Cuba, three years ago.