ABSTRACT
Quiara Alegría Hudes is a playwright, strong wife, and mother of two, barrio feminist and native of West Philly, U.S.A. Hailed for her work’s exuberance, intellectual rigor, and rich imagination, her plays and musicals have been performed around the world. They are Water By the Spoonful , winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama; In the Heights, winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical and Pulitzer finalist; Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue, another Pulitzer finalist; Daphne’s Dive; The Good Peaches; Miss You Like Hell; and The Happiest Song Plays Last . Hudes is a playwright-in-residence at Signature Theater in New York and is the Shapiro Distinguished Professor of Writing and Theater at Wesleyan University. Originally trained as a composer, Hudes has done some deep dives into marrying live music and drama. She has collaborated with renowned musicians including Nelson Gonzalez, Michel Camilo, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Erin McKeown, and The Cleveland Orchestra.
