Quiara Alegría Hudes

Quiara Alegría Hudes is a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, author, and composer whose work explores the Puerto Rican-American experience with profound insight and compassion. Born and raised in West Philadelphia, she won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play "Water by the Spoonful," the second in her celebrated Elliot Trilogy. Her works, including the Tony Award-winning musical "In the Heights" (written with Lin-Manuel Miranda) and the memoir "My Broken Language," blend poetry, music, and cultural storytelling. Hudes' writing illuminates themes of family, addiction, identity, and healing, establishing her as one of contemporary American theater's most vital voices.