"Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue is that rare and rewarding thing: a theater
work that succeeds on every level while creating something new." -New
York Times
"A lush and evocative tone poem about the way the landscape of the soul
is transformed by war" -Atlanta Journal Constitution
Back home in Philadelphia, Elliot Ortiz, a nineteen-year-old Marine,
contemplates his return to Iraq for a second tour of duty after being
seriously wounded. In this "simple, poignant and achingly evocative
play" (TimeOut New York), three Ortiz family members recount years of
service to their country in wars in Korea, Vietnam and Iraq, and the
effects their service has had on the individual, the family and the
community they live in. Melding a poetic dreamscape with a
stream-of-consciousness narrative, Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue takes us
on an unforgettable journey across time and generations. This Pulitzer
Prize finalist is the first installment in Quiara Alegria Hudes' The
Elliot Trilogy, which continues in Water By the Spoonful (Pulitzer
Prize-winner) and concludes with The Happiest Song Plays Last.
Quiara Alegría Hudes is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning
Water by the Spoonful, the Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights
and the Pulitzer Prize finalist Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue. Her other
works include Barrio Grrrl!, a children's musical; 26 Miles;
Yemaya's Belly and The Happiest Song Plays Last, the third piece in
her acclaimed trilogy. Hudes is on the board of Philadelphia Young
Playwrights, which produced her first play in the tenth grade. She now
lives in New York with her husband and children.
