The Good Peaches

by Quiara Alegría Hudes

The young Aurora is bound to deliver a wedding dress to the queen, but on her way encounters chaos and an adventure she never imagined. A journey that began simply enough is transformed into a tumultuous quest in this gripping drama about achieving victory over the odds. This compelling tale was originally performed with a world class chamber orchestra. 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 The Elliot Plays trilogy.

Genres: Plays

48 pages, Paperback

Published December 29, 2020

About the author

Quiara Alegría Hudes is a writer, barrio feminist, 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 include a Pulitzer-winning drama, Water By the Spoonful, and a Tony-winning Broadway musical, In the Heights (co-authored with Lin-Manuel Miranda). Her screenplay adaptation of In the Heights opens in movie theaters nationwide this June.

Along with her cousin and a dedicated circle of volunteers, Hudes founded and runs Emancipated Stories, a collection of pages written by people who have been or remain incarcerated.