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Water by the Spoonful tells the story of Elliot, who, after serving time in Iraq, returns home to Philadelphia to connect with his Puerto Rican family. But when he arrives, he discovers his family’s life is changing. As his mother’s online support group starts to overshadow his aspirations for the future, the online world and the world of reality collide.

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Performances ended on Feb. 10, 2013.

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About Water by the Spoonful on Broadway

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Previews: Dec 11, 2012 • Opening: Jan 8, 2013 • Closing: Feb 10, 2013
Off-Broadway Plays Award Winner Drama

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Tony Kiser Theatre
305 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036
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What Is the Story of Water by the Spoonful?
Young Iraq war veteran Elliot, who has returned home to Philadelphia, discovers that his beloved aunt (who served as his adoptive mother and the "rock" of their Puerto Rican family) has died. In a parallel plotline, Odesssa, known online as "Haiku Mom," is the moderator of an internet support group for a lively collection of recovering crack addicts. Elliot and Odessa's storylines eventually intersect in ways that are both moving and haunting, as both face their past failures and search for a happier future.

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A collection of our favorite reviews from professional news sources.
Associated Press

"In Quiara Alegria Hudes' beautifully resounding drama 'Water By the Spoonful,' the playwright examines an array of emotional toils by splashing together droplets of life's bleak realities, harsh revelations, fragile successes and modest triumphs, all of which conspire like tiny specks of contrasting colors on a canvas."

Associated Press

Peter Santilli

Newsday

"Hudes—also a 2007 Pulitzer finalist for ‘Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue’ and book writer of the 2009 Pulitzer-finalist musical ‘In the Heights’—cares deeply about her characters. That concern is contagious."

Newsday

Linda Winer

The New York Times

"[Armando] Riesco’s movingly drawn Elliot has the life-toughened exterior of a young man who is keeping his anxieties under tight but tenuous control."

The New York Times

Charles Isherwood

Cast & Creative

Cast

Odessa Ortiz
Frankie Faison
Chutes & Ladders
Armando Riesco
Elliot Ortiz
Fountainhead
Zabryna Guevara
Yazmin Ortiz
Sue Jean Kim
Orangutan
Ryan Shams
Policeman/Professor Aman/Ghost

Creative

Written by
Quiara Alegria Hudes
Director
Davis McCallum
Set Designer
Neil Patel
Costume Designer
ESosa
Lighting Designer
Russell H. Champa
Sound Designer
Joshua Schmidt
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