By Guadalís Del Carmen
Directed by Knud Adams
Commissioned by Yale Repertory Theatre
1961. The De La Cruz family’s apartment building in San Juan Hill, once the vibrant epicenter of Black and Caribbean culture in Manhattan, is set for demolition to pave the way for a brand-new performing arts complex. As Quisqueya and her WWII veteran husband Roberto struggle to find an affordable new home and set up their teenage son for a successful future, a cousin fleeing political persecution in the Dominican Republic arrives on their doorstep. Pulsing with history, heartbreak, and humor, Quisqueya on the Hudson is a deeply moving portrait of a family at a crossroads.
Development and production support provided by Yale’s Binger Center for New Theatre. Quisqueya on the Hudson is a recipient of the Edgerton Foundation New Play Award.
Special performances
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Pre-Performance Discussion
May 5, 2:00 pm
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Wednesday Matinee
May 5, 2:00 pm
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Post-Show Discussion
May 8, 2:00 pm
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Audio Description
May 8, 2:00 pm
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Touch Tour
May 8, 2:00 pm
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ASL
May 8, 8:00 pm
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Spanish Captioning
May 14, 8:00 pm
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Open Captioning
May 15, 2:00 pm
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Relaxed Performance
May 15, 2:00 pm
Meet the Artists
Biographies are submitted by the artists and edited for common house style by Yale Rep.
Creative Team
Guadalís Del Carmen
Playwright
Guadalís Del Carmen
Guadalís Del Carmen is a Black Dominican multi-hyphenate artist. Her plays include Bees & Honey (World PremiereP MCC Theater/The Sol Project 2023, TRW Plays), Not For Sale (UrbanTheater Company), My Father’s Keeper, A Shero’s Journey or What Anacaona and Yemayá Taught Me (Theater Magazine 2019, The Parsnip Ship Podcast Season 4), Blowout (Aguijón Theater 2013). She’s writer for the first season of HBO’s Welcome to Derry, and has worked on development projects for FX Networks, Plan B Entertainment, and Amazon Studios. Guadalís is an Ars Nova PlayGroup Alum, a founding member of the Obie Award-winning Dominican Artist Collective, and a Hermitage Residency Artist. She’s also the Co-Founder of the Latinx Playwrights Circle (LPC), an organization dedicated to developing, nurturing, and producing Latinx(e) and Caribbean playwrights. Guadalís received the Steinberg Playwriting Award in 2020, the Helen Merrill Playwriting Award in 2023, the 2023 HOLA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Playwriting, and the 2024 PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award. Guadalís has performed in theaters across the country including Aguijón Theatre, UrbanTheater Company, Actors Theater Louisville, The Rep at St. Louis, and Ensemble Studio Theatre. She also really loves miniature houses and makes a mean arroz con gandules y coco.
Knud Adams
Director
Knud Adams
Knud Adams is a Tony-nominated, Obie-winning director of new plays, based in NYC. His world premiere productions include the consecutive Pulitzer winners English and Primary Trust. Variety hailed his acclaimed Broadway debut of Sanaz Toossi’s English as “one of the best plays of the decade,” and his shows have been celebrated on “Best of the Year” lists by the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, New York Magazine, The New Yorker, and Washington Post. Additional world premieres include Cold War Choir Practice, The Aves, The Book of Mountains and Seas, I’m Revolting, Bodies They Ritual, The Headlands, Paris, The Workshop, Asshole, and Tom & Eliza.