Quiara Alegría Hudes
Photos: IN THE HEIGHTS Broadway Cast Recording Certified Gold At United Palace Celebration (May 8, 2025)
Photos: On the Red Carpet for Opening Night of BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (Mar 24, 2025)
BIO
Hudes is an American playwright, lyricist and essayist. She is best known for writing the book for the musical In the Heights. Her play Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue was a finalist for the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. She won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play Water by the Spoonful.
Productions
Writing
Awards and Nominations
Quiara Alegría Hudes, Miss You Like Hell
Quiara Alegría Hudes, Miss You Like Hell
Quiara Alegría HudesMiss You Like Hell
winner
Quiara Alegría HudesWater by the Spoonful
Quiara Alegría Hudes, In The Heights
Quiara Alegria Hudes, In The Heights
Quiara Alegría HudesElliot, a Soldier's Fugue
Quiara Alegria HudesElliot, a Soldier's Fugue
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Quiara Alegría Hudes has written 3 shows including In the Heights (Bookwriter), Daphne's Dive (Playwright), My Broken Language (Playwright).
Outstanding Lyrics (Drama Desk Awards) for Miss You Like Hell, Outstanding Book of a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Miss You Like Hell, Outstanding New Score (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Miss You Like Hell, The Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for Water by the Spoonful, The Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for In The Heights, Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for In The Heights, The Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for Elliot, a Soldier's Fugue and The Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for Elliot, a Soldier's Fugue.
Quiara Alegría Hudes won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play Water by the Spoonful.
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