All the Drama: "Water by the Spoonful", 2012 Winner, Pulitzer Prize for Drama

All The Drama is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of deep dives into the plays that have won The Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

The Pulitzer Prize for Drama: "Water by the Spoonful"
2012 Pulitzer winner “Water by the Spoonful" by Quiara Alegría Hudes

Water by the Spoonful Wikipedia page
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_by_the_Spoonful

Quiara Alegría Hudes Wikipedia page
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiara_Alegr%C3%ADa_Hudes

Water by the Spoonful script
https://www.amazon.com/Water-Spoonful-Revised-Quiara-Alegr%C3%ADa/dp/1559365579/

My Broken Language: A Memoir by Quiara Alegría Hudes
https://www.amazon.com/Broken-Language-Quiara-Alegr%C3%ADa-Hudes/dp/0399590064/

The White Hot: A Novel by Quiara Alegría Hudes
https://www.amazon.com/White-Hot-Quiara-Alegria-Hudes/dp/0593732332/

Quiara Alegría Hudes website
https://www.quiara.com/about

“An Extended Family, Sharing Extended Pain,” original review by Charles Isherwood, The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/09/theater/reviews/water-by-the-spoonful-at-the-second-stage-theater.html

“Writing the Untold Stories,” by David Law, Wesleyan Magazine
https://magazine.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2015/05/05/writing-the-untold-stories/

Quiara Alegría Hudes on Writing Through Grief and Joy
https://www.latinousa.org/2023/03/28/quiaraalegriahudes/

“A Family’s Story Spans a Trilogy, and Beyond” by Alexis Soloski, The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/theater/for-quiara-alegria-hudes-plays-are-family.html

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Jan Simpson is a theater journalist who writes the blog Broadway& Me and hosts the BroadwayRadio podcasts Stagecraft and All The Drama. She has twice served as a Pulitzer Prize juror.