playwright

Quiara Alegría Hudes

 

Hudes combines a lyrical ear with a sophisticated sense of structure... A confident and arresting voice. 
    -THE NEW YORK TIMES

A writer of astonishing lyricism and intellectual rigor. 
    -THE ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION

Her plays abound in an exuberant, richly imaginative theatricality that's entrancing. 
    -THE OREGONIAN

Now on stage: The world premiere of The Happiest Song Plays Last is now playing at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre through May 12, 2013. The play features live cuatro/guitar music by master musician Nelson Gonzales, and is the final installment in “The Elliot Trilogy.”

New in bookstores: The complete libretto of In the Heights is now available in paperback. Hudes’ plays Water by the Spoonful and Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue are also on sale at the TCG Bookstore, The Drama Book Shop in NYC, at local bookstores, and on amazon.com.