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Be Careful! The Sharks Will Eat You!

MASTERFUL STORYTELLING. HEARTRENDING POWER. "I strongly encourage you to catch a performance. You won't regret it."
-Tony Frankel, StageAndCinema.com

THRILLING. FASCINATING. SPELLBINDING. "the story is told in such a fascinating way that you are spellbound. Jay Alvarez' remarkable one man show is thrilling and seamless." -Suzanna Bowling, Times Square Chronicles

DEEPLY COMEDIC. INTENSELY GRIPPING. A FLAWLESS PERFORMANCE. "If you don't tear up at his portrayal of his mother agreeing to send her two oldest sons to the US for protection, well then you might not have a soul."
-Trish Vignola, BroadwayWorld.com

GREAT. A POWERFUL EXPERIENCE. "Mr. Alvarez tells Cuba's and his family's story, simply and effectively, without plays for glory or reverence. This makes his show a powerful communal experience." -Lynn Berg, nytheatre.com

Mr. Alvarez..is an evocative tale teller.he efffortlessly summons up at least half a dozen characters ans s wivels easilly between English and Spanish" Daniel M Gold, NY Times

At times heart wrenching, at times full of laughter and love, "Be Careful! The Sharks Will Eat You!" played to sold out audiences in New York City, Miami Florida, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Portland OR. This true story takes you to the sultry beats of The Tropicana in the 1950s, the danger of Fulgencio Batista's fall and Fidel Castro's rise to power, a political revolution and an imagined CIA attempt to separate children from parents, the longing for a better life that propels one to throw themselves, under the cover of a moonless night into the unknown events that shaped the Alvarez family's escape from Cuba in 1964. www.sharkswilleatyou.com