Miss YouLike Hellbook & lyrics by Quiara Alegría Hudes
music & lyrics by Erin McKeown directed by Don Mays music direction by Matt Requintina |
"CRAFTED BEAUTIFULLY....
'MISS YOU LIKE HELL' PROVES QUITE THE EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCE." -The Providence Journal |
"It’s a special kind of theatrical performance that reaches its arms into the audience and embraces those seated there, and 'Miss You like Hell' proves quite the extraordinary experience."
- The Providence Journal
- The Providence Journal
MISS YOU LIKE HELL
book & lyrics by Quiara Alegría Hudes
music & lyrics by Erin McKeown
directed by Don Mays
music direction by Matt Requintina
music & lyrics by Erin McKeown
directed by Don Mays
music direction by Matt Requintina
From Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes (In the Heights) comes a new musical as big as America and as intimate as love between a mother and her daughter.
Beatriz arrives in Philadelphia to convince her estranged 16 year-old daughter Olivia to join her on a road trip to California. Along the way, they encounter a mosaic of characters as diverse and weird as America itself, but the hard truth of Beatriz’s undocumented status and pending deportation to Mexico threatens to build a wall between them. With sharp comedy and a winning genre-defying score by folk-rock star and Brown University graduate and AS220 artist Erin McKeown,
Miss You Like Hell is an American story for our time.
Beatriz arrives in Philadelphia to convince her estranged 16 year-old daughter Olivia to join her on a road trip to California. Along the way, they encounter a mosaic of characters as diverse and weird as America itself, but the hard truth of Beatriz’s undocumented status and pending deportation to Mexico threatens to build a wall between them. With sharp comedy and a winning genre-defying score by folk-rock star and Brown University graduate and AS220 artist Erin McKeown,
Miss You Like Hell is an American story for our time.
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REVIEWS:
"Absolutely riveting...
Wilbury's latest is a timeless tale of love and forgiveness...Crafted beautifully by Director Don Mays on a spare but clever three-sided stage is woven a strong sense of humanity. Hudes and McKeown have crafted a magical ride of the heart in which people are tested and goodness generally prevails. Every interaction connects to the audience with heartfelt lyrics that draw viewers deeper and deeper."
-The Providence Journal
"Absolutely riveting...
Wilbury's latest is a timeless tale of love and forgiveness...Crafted beautifully by Director Don Mays on a spare but clever three-sided stage is woven a strong sense of humanity. Hudes and McKeown have crafted a magical ride of the heart in which people are tested and goodness generally prevails. Every interaction connects to the audience with heartfelt lyrics that draw viewers deeper and deeper."
-The Providence Journal
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Robelis Cruz
Roger Lemelin
Cristhian Mancinas-Garcia
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*Members of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
SPECIAL EVENT!
Erin McKeown Talks Miss You Like Hell
POST-PERFORMANCE TALKBACK ON FRIDAY, MARCH 13
Erin McKeown
Join us for a special post-show talkback with Miss You Like Hell composer Erin McKeown and members of the Wilbury Group's cast and creative team on Friday, March 13 immediately following the 7:30pm performance.
About Erin McKeown:
Erin McKeown is a musician, writer, and producer known internationally for her prolific disregard of stylistic boundaries. Her brash and clever electric guitar playing is something to see. Her singing voice is truly unique —clear, cool, and collected. Over the last 20 years, she has performed around the world, released 10 full length albums, and written for film, television, and theater, all the while refining her distinctive and challenging mix of American musical forms.
Her first musical, Miss You Like Hell, written with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes, opened Off-Broadway at The Public Theater in 2018. It was nominated for 3 Outer Critics Circle Awards (Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Score), 5 Drama Desk Awards (including Best Music, Best Lyrics, Best Orchestrations), and named Best Musical of 2018 by The Wall Street Journal.
Leading her own band, she has performed at Bonnaroo, Glastonbury, and the Newport Folk Festivals. A familiar presence on NPR and the BBC, McKeown’s songs have also appeared in numerous commercials and television shows.
While a student at Brown University, Erin was a resident artist at Providence, RI’s revolutionary community arts organization AS220. A 2011-2012 fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center For Internet & Society, she is also the recipient of a 2016 writing fellowship from The Studios of Key West and a 2018 residency at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
McKeown is the 2020 Professor of the Practice at Brown University.
About Erin McKeown:
Erin McKeown is a musician, writer, and producer known internationally for her prolific disregard of stylistic boundaries. Her brash and clever electric guitar playing is something to see. Her singing voice is truly unique —clear, cool, and collected. Over the last 20 years, she has performed around the world, released 10 full length albums, and written for film, television, and theater, all the while refining her distinctive and challenging mix of American musical forms.
Her first musical, Miss You Like Hell, written with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes, opened Off-Broadway at The Public Theater in 2018. It was nominated for 3 Outer Critics Circle Awards (Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Score), 5 Drama Desk Awards (including Best Music, Best Lyrics, Best Orchestrations), and named Best Musical of 2018 by The Wall Street Journal.
Leading her own band, she has performed at Bonnaroo, Glastonbury, and the Newport Folk Festivals. A familiar presence on NPR and the BBC, McKeown’s songs have also appeared in numerous commercials and television shows.
While a student at Brown University, Erin was a resident artist at Providence, RI’s revolutionary community arts organization AS220. A 2011-2012 fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center For Internet & Society, she is also the recipient of a 2016 writing fellowship from The Studios of Key West and a 2018 residency at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
McKeown is the 2020 Professor of the Practice at Brown University.
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