4120 Laguna Street
Coral Gables, FL 33146
(305) 443-5909
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Quiara Alegría Hudes
Quiara Alegría Hudes (Playwright) was born and raised in West Philadelphia and now lives in New York. Her plays - including YEMAYA'S BELLY (Portland Stage Company), ELLIOT, A SOLDIER'S FUGUE (Page 73 Productions), and THE ADVENTURES OF BARRIO GRRRL! (Miracle Theatre) - have been produced at theaters nationwide and will soon be published by Dramatists Play Service. Her musical IN THE HEIGHTS opens off-Broadway in February 2007, with a book by Hudes and music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Honors include The Clauder Prize, The Paula Vogel Award in Playwriting, and The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Latino Playwriting Award. She is also a composer and earned a B.A. in Music Composition from Yale, then an M.F.A. in Playwriting from Brown. At age 12 her first play was produced by Philadelphia Young Playwrights Festival and Hudes still returns home to lead workshops for young scribes.
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