About this item
"This is a fresh take on the American road story, filled with people and ideas we rarely get to see onstage ... It offers two seriously rich roles for women, each with important things worth singing about ... Miss You Like Hell is a powerful example of what musicals do best: explore the unprotected border where individual needs and social issues intermix." - Jesse Green, New York Times A troubled teenager and her estranged mother - an undocumented Mexican immigrant on the verge of deportation - embark on a road trip and strive to mend their frayed relationship along the way. Combined with the musical talent of Erin McKeown, Hudes artfully crafts a story of the barriers and the bonds of family, while also addressing the complexities of immigration in today's America.
About the Author
Quiara Alegría Hudes is a storyteller, wordsmith, barrio feminist and native of West Philly, U.S.A. Hailed for her work's exuberance, intellectual rigor, and rich imagination, her plays and musicals have been performed around the world. They include Water By the Spoonful, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and In the Heights, winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical and a soon-to-be major motion picture. Hudes founded Emancipated Stories which seeks to counter the invisibility created by mass incarceration by having inmates share one page of their story with the world.(Author photo by Jon Chu) www.quiara.com
