Water by the spoonful, the pulitzer prizewinning play by quiara. Pulitzer prize winner water by the spoonful opens off. Water by the spoonful a curtainup offbroadway theater. Almost all the characters in this moving collage of lives in crisis have a grim history and yet water by the spoonful gives off a shimmering, sustaining warmth. Orangutan sue jean kim ghost professor aman policeman ryan shams on january 27th, 20, second stage also hosted a nyc inviteonly marathon of hudes elliot trilogy, with the first and last installments performed as readings and a full production of water by the spoonful. The trilogys first play, elliot, a soldiers fugue, was a finalist for the 2007 pulitzer prize and will be published by theatre communications group concurrently with water by the spoonful. It opened on october 26, 2011, and featured the following creative team and cast. Highlighted by easy instructions, stepbystep photographs, and fullsize patterns, the charming collection of. Eliott, an exmarine and caretaker of his mother, came back from iraq with an injured leg, trying to get his life together, and to take care nobody can make you invisible but you. A vets haunted homecoming in water by the spoonful. Water by the spoonful offbroadway water by the spoonful elliot, a puerto rican veteran of the iraq war, returns home to philadelphia haunted by demons from the past, his family in flux, and his.
Water by the spoonful by quiara alegria hudes directed by davis mccallum cast. Born and raised in korea, jean kim lives in san francisco. Each character in quiara alegria hudes moving drama longs for a meaningful relationship. Water by the spoonful by quiara hudes is such a rare play. Colonzayas, riesco, heck, faison, and kim richard termine.
As befits a play called water by the spoonful, plenty of h2o courses. Elliot ortiz, 24, an iraq vet with a slight limp, works at. Jean received her mfa in childrens book illustration from the academy of art university. Settling in to watch water by the spoonful, quiara alegria hudess.
Author and playwright quiara alegria hudes, the first latina to win a pulitzer award for drama, has brought us a new offbroadway masterpiece with water by the spoonful, a story about an iraq war veteran struggling to find his place in the world. This is a book that will entrance lovers of the sea, yet more deeply is its abook about family. Either way, water by the spoonful arouses interest. Somewhere in a chat room, recovering addicts keep each other alive, hour by hour, day by day. Author of in the heights of the tony award best musical brings a story of an american soldier and the american family. The play infects us with the urge to find connection within our families and communities and remains with us long after weve left the theater. Liza colonzayas, armando riesco, bill heck, frankie faison, and sue jean kim. Water by the spoonful details family bonds, real and. The trilogys first play, elliot, a soldiers fugue, was a finalist for the 2007 pulitzer prize and will be published by theatre communications group concurrently with. Water by the spoonful examines how families and the communities that we belong to can influence our choices and help or hurt us. Orangutan sue jean kim, japaneseamerican, is a recent college graduate who grew up in maine and decides to visit japan and perhaps meet. Whether you need a classic kids book or classroomproven teaching materials, discover it at scholastic.
Water by the spoonful is the second installment in a trilogy of plays that follow elliot, a young veteran of the iraq war. Water by the spoonful cast list on, the most comprehensive source for broadway shows, broadway tickets and broadway information. Visit scholastic, the worlds largest childrens book publisher. In 26 miles, manuel is catholic, beatriz is protestant, and characters ask openly about ideas of faith, religion, and belief in god. Water by the spoonful is about finding meaningful interaction in.
She wanted something distinctly american and felt that the thorny, improvisational nature of jazz captured the tone of the world she was envisioning, which. Jean kim books, author biography, and reading level. According to one of the characters in water by the spoonful, after a while addiction is less about getting high and more about trying to build a time. Its true, to some extent, but the relationships in water by the spoonful show it can be a lot more complicated. The trilogys final play, the happiest song plays last, premiered in april 2012 at chicagos renowned the goodman theatre. The need to connect runs deep in water by the spoonful. Families, in nearly infinite classifications and configurations, being dissolved and recreated are the central focus of water by the spoonful, the play by quiara alegria hudes that just opened at second stage. Water by the spoonful won the 2012 pulitzer prize for drama.
Do you worry about how audiences will respond to such frank discussions of religion and spirituality. The final part of the cycle, the happiest song plays last, premiered in the spring of 20. Latest news on sue jean kim david harbour, sue jean kim, ciaran hinds, and molly bernard set for playing on airs winterspring 2019 jan 17, 2019 casting announced for the pussy grabber plays at. Sue kims story is one of tragedy, imagination, luck, perseverance and the hand of god as she went from a life of wealth and privilege to displaced refugee, immigrant then super stardom as the first wave of koreans in american. The damage caused by war and drugs is usually selfevident. Hudes writes with such empathy and vibrant humor that regeneration and renewal always seem to be just around the corner. Water by the spoonful, at the second stage theater the. Water by the spoonful theater in new york time out.
The first part of the trilogy is about a young marine, elliot ortiz, coming to terms with his time in iraq and his fathers and grandfathers service in vietnam and korea. Second stage theatre presents the 2012 pulitzer prizewinning play, water by the spoonful, written by quiara alegria hudes, directed. Sailing in a spoongful of water is his memior of your years spent aboard his vintage motorsailor, yonder, off the coast of maine. Find books like water by the spoonful from the worlds largest community of readers. Tim getman, amy kim waschke, arturo soria, gabriela fernandezcoffey, maboud ebrahimzadeh, and vincent j. Water by the spoonful although it doesnt fully achieve its lofty aspirations, quiara alegria hudes 2012 pulitzer prizewinning drama water by the spoonful makes an urgent plea for the human. Goodreads members who liked water by the spoonful also liked. Somewhere in philadelphia, elliot has returned from iraq and is struggling to find his place in the world. Like the moon rabbit, she loves to go on adventures with her friends. Water by the spoonful was first commissioned and produced by the hartford stage in hartford, connecticut. Sue jean kim brings a great deal of invention to orangutan, a young and adorably manic japaneseamerican girl trying to find the courage to.
Click here to buy water by the spoonful tickets today. In this video, the osf paint shop shows you how they helped to hide lights in the floor for water by the spoonful. Initially known only by their chatroom handles, they include orangutan sue jean kim, a volatile young japaneseamerican woman increasingly obsessed with finding her birth mother. Theres an old saying that you cant choose your family. Iraq war veteran elliot ortiz has returned home only to find himself haunted by the ghosts of his past while his overachieving cousin yaz seeks to. What makes quiara alegria hudess play pulitzerworthy. Spoonful magazine is a quarterly cookbook that celebrates home cooking, local artisans, and the art of entertaining. The studio theatre production of water by the spoonful, which opens march 5, is directed by kj sanchez, front center. It also explores the new ways we relate to one another meaning, online and the search for connection. Initially known only by their chatroom handles, they include orangutan sue jean kim, a volatile. Water by the spoonful takes place several years after, elliot, a veteran, has. And in water by the spoonful, odessa becomes a buddhist. Sues story is truly the greatest american story never told.
So it goes for quiara alegria hudes water by the spoonful, a. Water by the spoonful, the second play in the trilogy, was jazzand in particular, the dissonant and atonal work of visionary saxophonist and composer john coltrane see sidebar on page 54. Water by the spoonful in new york time out new york. About hudess work, water by the spoonful, variety had this to say, the play is a combination poem, prayer and app on how to cope in an age of uncertainty, speed and chaos. Talkin broadway offbroadway water by the spoonful 1.
Sue jean kim, middleaged paperpusher chutes and ladders frankie faison, and wealthy fountainhead bill heck. Water by the spoonful revised tcg edition by quiara. Arturo soria, front row left, and gabriela fernandez. This play, winner of the 2012 pulitzer prize for drama, is a highly theatrical, multifaceted story of addiction and recovery, despair and hope, past and future. Water by the spoonful, at the second stage theater the new. First look at bill heck, sue jean kim, and more in. Sue jean kim frenetically fixated on finding her birth parents. Set in philadelphia, and pretty much everywhere else, the pulitzerwinning play tracks two parallel, and ultimately intersecting, threads. The english language stock and amateur stage performance rights in the united states, its. Dramatists play service, one of the premier playlicensing and theatrical publishing agencies in the world, was formed in 1936 to foster national opportunities for playwrights by publishing affordable editions of their plays and handling the performance rights to these works.
So it goes for quiara alegria hudes water by the spoonful, a sobering saga that follows a returning iraq war vet and other haunted souls. A stirring water by the spoonful at lyric stage the. She is a member of scbwi and was a recipient of the 2015 portfolio showcase honor. In the aftermath of a significant death, the dead womans. Water by the spoonful turns out to be a thoughtful, inventive, occasionally funny, at times moving story about addiction about forgetting the unforgettable and forgiving the unforgivable in order to move on. Family bonds, music play together in quiara alegria hudes. Quiara alegria hudes has been a rapidly rising star in the playwright community since the early 2000s. Kim baker books, author biography, and reading level. Dps offers an extensive list of titles that includes many of the most significant plays of the past century. The agony of the soldier returned from the wars history. Water by the spoonful 2012 offbroadway tickets, news. Hudes book writer for in the heights draws from true events and. It is the second part of a trilogy that began with elliot, a soldiers fugue and concludes with the happiest song plays last. Water by the spoonful is the second play in a trilogy including elliot, a soldiers fugue and the happiest song plays.