WATER BY THE SPOONFUL

By Quiara Alegría Hudes
Directed by Mark Robbins
The Jerome Stage

April 23 – May 18, 2014

In Water by the Spoonful, winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, a young Iraqi war veteran comes home to reconnect with his family and finds his mother running a chat room for recovering addicts. This multimedia journey stretches from Philadelphia to Puerto Rico exploring human connection in the
digital age. Birth families splinter and online families collide as they all search for a safe haven in a messed up world.

CAST

Elliot Ortiz | Keenan Ramos
Yazmin Ortiz | Alisha Espinosa
Odessa/ Haikumom | Dawnnie Mercado*
Fountainhead | Darren Kennedy*
Chutes & Ladders | Walter Coppage*
Orangutan | Erika Crane Ricketts
Professor Amand/ A Ghost | Bryan Moses

PRODUCTION TEAM

Director | Mark Robbins
Stage Manager | Tanya Brown*
Scenic Designer | Gary Mosby
Lighting Designer | Alex Perry
Assistant Lighting Designer | Elizabeth Green
Sound Designer | David Kiehl

Costume Designer | Ian R. Crawford
Properties Designer | Em Swenson
Projection Designer | Douglas Macur
Associate Projection Designer | Jeff Cady

Dramaturg | Amanda Boyle
Technical Director | Alex Perry
Assistant Technical Director | Em Swenson
Production Assistant | Lexie Klasing
Sound Board Operator | Em Swenson

PHOTOS