Miss You Like Hell

Overview

A troubled teenager and her estranged mother - an undocumented Mexican immigrant on the verge of deportation - embark on a road trip and strive to mend their frayed relationship along the way.

Miss You Like Hell, a musical with a book and lyrics by Quiara Alegría Hudes, and music and lyrics by Erin McKeown, is a story about the barriers and the bonds of family, while also addressing the complexities of immigration in today's America.

It was premiered in 2016 at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, then at the Public Theater in New York in 2018.

Authors

Quiara Alegría Hudes

Quiara Alegría Hudes is a playwright, professor of writing and theater at Wesleyan University, and native of West Philly, U.S.A. Hailed for her work's exuberance, intellectual rigor, and rich imagination, her plays and musicals have been performed around the world. They are: ...

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