![]() ![]() ![]() After work on, which was very intense, I wanted a sense of relaxation. The character of Jenn is one that has always been in my mind and was never attached to a story or a play. Some of the notions in it I've lived with for a very, very long time, though. The longest one I've had is about 10 years and the shortest one I've had is maybe four or five months. There's a long process of percolation for me before I type a word, and during that time, the music will find me. Oftentimes it's the playlist for the play I'm writing.Īt what point in your process do you create a playlist? I also like to read interviews with playwrights or other authors, so a favorite is The Paris Review. What's the first thing you do when you sit down to write? The scribe recently invited over for a chat about the inspiration for off-Broadway's Daphne’s Dive, her collaboration with director Thomas Kail, her neighbor and pal Lin-Manuel Miranda and how music infuses her work. Born and raised in Philadelphia, where she has set many of her works, Hudes lives in a spacious Washington Heights apartment with breathtaking views of the Hudson River. Quiara Alegría Hudes is an award-winning writer whose works include the Tony-winning musical In the Heights (for which she wrote the book), the children's musical Barrio Grrrl! and the plays Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue, 26 Miles, Yemaya's Belly and Water By the Spoonful, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2012. ![]()
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