Water by the Spoonful

Presented by Theatre22

Written by Quiara Alegría Hudes
Directed by Julie Beckman 
October 23rd - November 14th
Thursday – Saturday at 8pm
Sunday November 1st & 8th at 2pm
Tuesday November 10th 8pm
PURCHASE TICKETS

In the Seattle premiere of this 2012 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, Elliot has returned home from Iraq and is struggling to find his place in the world. Somewhere in a chat room, with liberal doses of humor and confrontation, recovering addicts help each other navigate the broken terrain of their lives. The boundaries of family and community are stretched across continents and cyberspace as birth families splinter and online families collide. Written by Tony nominee Quiara Alegría Hudes (In the Heights) and receiving its much-anticipated Seattle debut, WATER BY THE SPOONFUL is a heartfelt meditation on lives on the brink of redemption.

Cast:
Jany Bacallao (La Mariposa & Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with Book-It)
Yesenia Iglesias (Is She Dead Yet at Annex Theatre)
Rose Cano (founder and artistic director of eSe Teatro)
G Valmont Thomas (Gregory Award winner {Master Herald} and 12-year OSF performer)
Keiko Green (currently starring in The Memorandum with Strawberry Theatre Workshop)
Jeff Allen Pierce  (Benedict with GreenStage's Much Ado About Nothing)
Jake Ynzunzu (Measure for Measure with Seattle Shakespeare Company)

In addition:

THREE READINGS, TWO VENUES, ONE AUTHOR:
Exploring the trilogy of plays by Quiara Alegria Hudes

SATURDAY, OCT 3rd @ 8:00:  ACT Theatre, reading in Spanish
Agua Por Cucharadas, tickets at www.acttheatre.org

MONDAY, NOV 2nd @ 8:00: West of Lenin, reading in English
Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue, tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com

WEDNESDAY, NOV 11th @  8:00: ACT Theatre, reading in Spanish
Elliot, Fuga de un Soldado, tickets at www.acttheatre.org

In conjunction with the fall production of the Pulitzer Prize winning play, Water by the Spoonful, eSe Teatro, Theatre22 and ACT Theatre will collaborate to explore the trilogy of plays written by Quiara Alegria Hudes, and to bring this material to audiences in both English and Spanish language as readings.

ELLIOT, A SOLDIER'S FUGUE is the first play in Hudes' beautifully textured trilogy. Tracing the legacy of war through three generations of a Puerto Rican family living in Philadelphia, the play explores the stories of nineteen-year-old Elliot, returning from Iraq with a leg injury and some difficult questions about his life, his father who served in Vietnam before him, and his grandfather who served in Korea. The English language reading of this play will take place on Nov. 2 and will include a special DAY OF THE DEAD remembrance.  The Spanish language reading of this play: Elliot, Fuga de Un Solado (translated by Rose Cano) will take place on VETERAN'S DAY, Nov. 11, and will honor those who have served our country, especially people of color.  There will be post-play discussions after both of these performances focusing on minority experiences in the American military led by Iraqi war veteran Carol Lynn Castillo.

WATER BY THE SPOONFUL is the second play in the trilogy.  To reach an even greater audience with this material, eSe and T22 present a Spanish language reading of the script, Agua Por Cucharado, at ACT Theatre on Oct. 3.

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