QUIARA ALEGRIA HUDES
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Plays by Quiara Alegria Hudes
26 Miles |
| 1st Produced: | Round House Theatre, Bethesda, MD | 28 Oct 2009 | ||||
| Company: | Roundhouse Theatre, Co-production with Two River Theater Com of Red Bank, NJ | |||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 |
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| Synopsis: | An 83 Buick Regal may be an unlikely place to find out what family really means, but when Beatriz and her estranged daughter head west on a spontaneous cross country road trip, neither is prepared for what lies ahead. 26 Miles reminds us that the best souvenirs on the road of life are the relationships we make along the way and that sometimes all it takes to find yourself is the power of family. . .and a herd of buffalo. | |||||
Adventures of Barrio Grrrl!, The |
| 1st Produced: | Summer Play Festival | 2005 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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Bario ABC's |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | One act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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Barrio Grrrl! |
| 1st Produced: | John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts - Family Theater | 24 Oct 2009 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Childrens musical | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Notes: | Book and lyrics by Quiara Alegría Hudes . Music by Bill Sherman | |||||
| Synopsis: | punky 9-year-old Ana is faced with this very big decision. On the one hand, as her alter-ego Barrio Grrrl with her invisible sidekick Amazing Voice, shes pretty busy preserving justice in the barrio and protecting her neighborhood. On the other hand, in the world where Ana lives with her abuelo (grandfather) and misses her mom who is far, far away in Iraq, reality is sneaking up on her. Its time for Ana to decide whats most important: being a superhero or a girl who works little miracles in real life. Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony Award nominee Quiara Alegría Hudes (In the Heights) and Grammy-winning music director for PBSs new Electric Company Bill Sherman give audiences a funny and warmly truthful play that will make hearts sing. For age 9 and up. - Lorraine Treanor, dctheatrescene | |||||
Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue |
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||||
| Company: | Page 73 Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service Inc, NY, 2007 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
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| Synopsis: | As Elliot Ruiz grapples with his recent return from active duty in Iraq, the military experiences of his father and grandfather unfold, revealing startling similarities and uniting the Ruiz men across time. Driven by their passions and memories, with consciences shaped by guilt and hope, these three men mine the black holes of war. As Elliot's tale moves back in time, the stories of his father, mother, and grandfather move forward until past and present inevitably collide, wringing love and beauty from devastation. | |||||
Holy Broth |
| 1st Produced: | Perishable Theatre (Providence, RI, United States) | 2003 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | 20-30 min | Drama | Parts: | Male | 0 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | 3 females, 1 either (4 actors possible: 0-1 males, 3-4 females) | |||||
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| Synopsis: | Ashley, a Puerto Rican girl from Philly, is getting a D in Spanish, and at home everything's lost in translation -- her mother's attention is always elsewhere, and her grandma just sits in the dark and watches Spanish soap operas. With the help of an old soup recipe and some family history, can Ashley create a new language with her grandma? | |||||
In the Heights |
| 1st Produced: | 37 Arts, NY | 2007 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Notes: | music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda; book by Quiara Alegria Hudes | |||||
| Synopsis: | musical about three days in the life of Washington Heights, a vibrant and tight-knit neighborhood at the top of Manhattan. From the vantage point of Usnavi's corner bodega, we experience the joys, heartbreaks and bonds of a Latino community struggling to redefine home. nytheatre.com | |||||
Yemaya's Belly |
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, 2007 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
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| Synopsis: | A Cuban boy is born into a humble farming family, but after his first taste of cold Coca-Cola, he dreams of a world beyond his family's meager acre. Naively yearning to meet the President of America, the play follows his epic journey into manhood and materialism, from farm, to city, to a raft sailing to the New World | |||||