Quiara Alegría Hudes' Daphne's Dive at Signature Theatre

Overview

Daphne's Dive is a cheap corner bar in North Philly where Daphne and her vibrant, eclectic regulars drink to art, politics, and life. As Daphne's adopted daughter, very different from her reserved and pragmatic mother, grows up, this unconventional family is forced to confront who's an insider, who's an outsider, and the challenge of opening your heart to strangers. Brimming with adversity, love and hope, this world premiere, directed by Thomas Kail (Hamilton), kicks off Quiara Alegría Hudes’ Signature residency.

New York Times and Time Out New York Critics' Pick!

"Raises a glass to outsiders!"

- Alexis Solowski, The Guardian

Pictured above: The cast of Daphne's Dive by Quiara Alegría Hudes. Photo by Joan Marcus.

Dates

April 26 - June 12, 2016

Running Time

1 hour 45 minutes, no intermission

Venue

The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre

Residency

Residency 5

Interview with Quiara Alegría Hudes

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Quiara Alegría Hudes

Quiara Alergría Hudes received the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her playWater by the Spoonful. Previously, her play Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue was a Pulitzer Finalist, and her most recent work, The Happiest Song Plays Last premiered at The Goodman Theatre and then in New York at Second Stage. Hudes wrote the book to the Broadway musical In the Heights, which premiered Off-Broadway and earned the Lucille Lortel Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical. In the Heights transferred to Broadway where it received the Tony Award for Best Musical, a Tony nomination for Best Book of a Musical and was named a Pulitzer Finalist. Hudes wrote the book and lyrics for a children’s musical, Barrio Grrrl!, which premiered at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and toured nationally. After graduating from public school, she received her B.A. in music composition from Yale and an M.F.A. in playwriting from Brown, where she studied with Paula Vogel. She lives in New York with her husband and daughter, and is a resident playwright at Signature Theatre. She is the Shapiro Distinguished Professor of Writing and Theater at Wesleyan University.