''Water by the Spoonful' is about finding connection,' said Meg DeBoard, director of the Cygnet Theatre production. Quiara Alegría Hudes' 2011 work explores community, addiction, trauma and the dissonance in John Coltrane — and life.
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DeBoard, who recently wrapped up The Old Globe's Directing Fellowship, said that this is a play that celebrates the idea of the found or chosen family. The production opens shortly after the two-year anniversary of our online, pandemic life — a connection to this play's themes that's significant to the crew.
"I have a unique relationship with Elliot, being that I've been able to play him before and really sink into this character. So to bring him back to life years later in ‘Water by the Spoonful’ has been wonderful for me and a bit cathartic," Lone said. Part of what makes this play so resonant, Lone said, is the way Hudes writes those characters."It's very powerful to see that on the stage," he said.Hudes, who wrote the book for the Tony Award-winning musical"In the Heights," is often informed by music in her playwriting, and each play in the Elliot trilogy is connected to a piece or series or works. For"Water by the Spoonful," it was John Coltrane's iconic album,"A Love Supreme.
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