Pushing the Envelope and Pulling Back
Readers respond to a provocative play about race and to a searching essay about theatrical heartbreak.
All Stories About Quiara Alegria Hudes
Small Change Adds Up
The dark tide we’re facing may break, though perhaps not before it’s managed to break things.
Worst-Case Scenarios: A New Canon of Military Plays
Psychological trauma is the subject of most plays about service members. Does this represent most veterans’ reality, or does it further complicate their reentry?
David Rabe and Quiara Alegría Hudes Enter the Breach
From the Vietnam War to Iraq, the two playwrights have each written play trilogies about war’s effect on its fighters.
‘Miss You Like Hell’: An American Tragedy
Quiara Alegría Hudes changed her mother/daughter drama into a musical. Then the world changed even more.
A Trip Across a More Diverse America in ‘Miss You Like Hell’
In adapting an old mother/daughter drama into a musical, Quiara Alegría Hudes added not only songs but new layers and context.
CTG Announces a Strikingly Diverse Taper Season
New plays by Tarell Alvin McCraney, Quiara Alegria Hudes, David Henry Hwang, and Rajiv Joseph, as well as a revival of ‘Zoot Suit.’
Signature’s 2015-16 Season to Include Annie Baker, Quiara Alegria Hudes Premieres
Also on tap are new works by A.R. Gurney and Naomi Wallace, a Martha Clarke collaboration with Alfred Uhry, and a return of the popular n’Old Hats.’
Quiara Alegria Hudes’s New Trilogy Inspired by Childhood in Philadelphia
Quiara Alegria Hudes discusses her new trilogy of plays, “Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue” (a Pulitzer Prize finalist), “Water By the Spoonful” (a Pulitzer winner) and “The Happiest Song Plays Last”.
