Anna Lucasta is a 1944 American play by Philip Yordan. Inspired by Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie, the play was originally written about a Polish American family. The American Negro Theatre director A
First edition 1945
Hilda Simms as Anna Lucasta
Lionel John Monagas was an American actor originally from Caracas, Venezuela. A member of the original Lafayette Players company of Harlem, he appeared in theatrical and film productions.
Monagas in the film Paradise in Harlem (1939)
Monagas and Canada Lee in Eugene O'Neill's One-Act Plays of the Sea (1937), for the Federal Theatre Project
Monagas (left) in the Federal Theatre Project production of The Show-Off (1937), starring Dooley Wilson (center)