Water by the Spoonful

Quiara Alegría Hudes

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Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.
15 August 2017

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""How many plays make us long for grace? Water by the Spoonful by Quiara Hudes is such a rare play; it is a yearning, funny, deeply sad and deeply lyrical piece, a worthy companion to Hudes's Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue. The play infects us with the urge to find connection within our families and communities and remains with us long after we've left the theater."" Paula Vogel, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of How I Learned to Drive>

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""Hudes's writing is controlled and graceful. Each of the play's 15 short scenes is perfectly balanced, the language both lyrical and lucid."" Richard Zoglin, Time>

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""For a drama peopled by characters who have traveled a long way in the dark, Water by the Spoonful gives off a shimmering, sustaining warmth. Ms. Hudes writes with such empathy and vibrant humor about people helping one another to face down their demons that regeneration and renewal always seem to be just around the corner."" Charles Isherwood, New York Times>

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Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Water by the Spoonful is ""a rich, brilliant montage of American urban life that is as dazzling to watch as it is difficult to look away from"" (Associated Press).>

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Somewhere in Philadelphia, Elliot has returned from Iraq and is struggling to find his place in the world. Somewhere in a chat room, recovering addicts forge an unbreakable bond of support and love. The boundaries of family and community are stretched across continents and cyberspace as birth families splinter and online families collide.>

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Water by the Spoonful is a heartfelt and poetic meditation on lives on the brink of redemption and self-discovery during a time of heightened uncertainty, ""as startling and innovative and human on the page as on the stage"" (Junot Daz, Pulitzer Prize-Winning author). Hudes's cycle of three plays began with Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue (Pulitzer Prize finalist) and concludes with The Happiest Song Plays Last.>

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Quiara Alegra Hudes is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Water by the Spoonful, the Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights and the Pulitzer Prize finalist Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue. Her other works include Barrio Grrrl!, a children's musical; 26 Miles; Yemaya's Belly and The Happiest Song Plays Last, the third piece in her acclaimed trilogy. Hudes is on the board of Philadelphia Young Playwrights, which produced her first play in the tenth grade. She now lives in New York with her husband and children.>

By: Quiara Alegría Hudes
Imprint: Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd ed.
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 135mm,
Weight: 149g
ISBN: 9781559365574
ISBN 10: 1559365579
Pages: 104
Publication Date: 15 August 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Quiara Alegría Hudes wrote the book for the Broadway musical In the Heights, which received the 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical, a Tony nomination for Best Book of a Musical, and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Hudes is on the board of Philadelphia Young Playwrights, which produced her first play in the tenth grade. She lives in New York with her husband and daughters.

Reviews for Water by the Spoonful

'A very funny, warm and, yes, uplifting play with characters that are vivid, vital and who stay with you long after the play is over.' * Hartford Courant * 'Ms. Hudes possesses a confident and arresting voice.' * New York Times * 'Hudes brilliantly taps into both the family ties that bind as well as the alternative cyber universe... Her dialogue is bright, her characters, compelling... It's only when cyber meets the real world that anger gives way to forgiveness and resistance becomes redemption; the heart of the play opens up and the waters flow freely.' * Variety *

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Water by the Spoonful

Quiara Alegría Hudes

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