Quiara Alegría Hudes

Quiara Hudes wrote the book for the In The Heights musical and is currently a producer for the film adaption.

Tweets
Follow thru And trust (Ok, that was actually the #InTheHeightsMovie choreo team‘s advice as they taught me some dance moves late night on set)
 * Mateo Gomez was in my very first New York production. Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue, in 2007, in the kick-ass rickety basement of 45 Bleecker. #InTheHeightsMovie has reunited us & he’s still telling great stories. #Latinxellence #FullCircle
 * When your grrrl characters adorn you: Cuff from @daphnerubinvega during #MissYouLikeHell, nail polish from @MelissaBarreraM during #InTheHeightsMovie
 * happy opening night to @jonmchu’s latest creation
 * On writing Commit


 * Hahaha the crew was like “Quiara, you’re needed on set,” and I hustled there and @jonmchu was all “this is Lin’s last take in the movie stand right here” and then @Lin_Manuel ugly cried on “new block of ice.”

Trivia

 * She was married to Ray Beauchamp.
 * Hudes went into labor three weeks early "just minutes" after putting the final touches on the book. Tommy Kail went with her to the hospital in the cab that Christopher Jackson hailed for her.