Works consulted
For more information on Ms. Hudes and her career and aesthetic, please visit Quiara.com
If you haven't already, I highly recommend looking at both the Hartford Stage and Second Stage Companies' supplemental material on why they chose to produce Water By The Spoonful, interviews with the playwright, director, and cast members, production images, and the development process:
Hartford Stage Company:
http://www.hartfordstage.org/water-spoonful/
Second Stage Theatre Company:
http://www.2st.com/index.php?option=com_plays&task=viewPlay&Itemid=0&id=168&saction=int
Interviews with Quiara:
Guernica Magazine, Kathleen Potts: July 2012.
Hamilton Dramaturgy - a very thorough podcast interview about Hudes childhood and artistic inspiration. Highly reccomended!
A Vet's Haunted Homecoming In 'Water By The Spoonful' - short broadcast through NPR about the play and Hudes' inspiration for writing it after her Pulizter win.
The Brooklyn Rail: "Music is her Muse: Quiara Alegría Hudes and her Path to the Pulitzer." -
The Huffington Post: “Quiara Alegria Hudes On Her Pulitzer Prize Win For 'Water By The Spoonful'.”
Quiara's Jazz Influence:
The World According to John Coltrane: His Life & Music Revealed in Heartfelt 1990 Documentary - a great documentary on John Coltrane specifically focusing on his musical career through the 1960s.
John Coltrane Plays Only Live Performance of A Love Supreme - the iconic piece, "A Love Supreme" performed for the only time live in Antibes, France in the summer of 1965
And of course, the play....
Hudes, Quiara Alegría. Water By The Spoonful. Theatre Communications Group, 520 Eighth Avenue, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10018-4156: 2012.
If you haven't already, I highly recommend looking at both the Hartford Stage and Second Stage Companies' supplemental material on why they chose to produce Water By The Spoonful, interviews with the playwright, director, and cast members, production images, and the development process:
Hartford Stage Company:
http://www.hartfordstage.org/water-spoonful/
Second Stage Theatre Company:
http://www.2st.com/index.php?option=com_plays&task=viewPlay&Itemid=0&id=168&saction=int
Interviews with Quiara:
Guernica Magazine, Kathleen Potts: July 2012.
Hamilton Dramaturgy - a very thorough podcast interview about Hudes childhood and artistic inspiration. Highly reccomended!
A Vet's Haunted Homecoming In 'Water By The Spoonful' - short broadcast through NPR about the play and Hudes' inspiration for writing it after her Pulizter win.
The Brooklyn Rail: "Music is her Muse: Quiara Alegría Hudes and her Path to the Pulitzer." -
The Huffington Post: “Quiara Alegria Hudes On Her Pulitzer Prize Win For 'Water By The Spoonful'.”
Quiara's Jazz Influence:
The World According to John Coltrane: His Life & Music Revealed in Heartfelt 1990 Documentary - a great documentary on John Coltrane specifically focusing on his musical career through the 1960s.
John Coltrane Plays Only Live Performance of A Love Supreme - the iconic piece, "A Love Supreme" performed for the only time live in Antibes, France in the summer of 1965
And of course, the play....
Hudes, Quiara Alegría. Water By The Spoonful. Theatre Communications Group, 520 Eighth Avenue, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10018-4156: 2012.