Miss You Like Hell

Miss You Like Hell is a musical with music and lyrics by Erin McKeown, and a book by Quiara Alegría Hudes. The show follows a troubled teenage girl who embarks on a cross-country road trip with her estranged mother, who is an undocumented immigrant from Mexico.

The musical premiered in 2016 at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego.

Background

Quiara Alegría Hudes was first commissioned by Christopher Ashley, Artistic Director to the La Jolla Playhouse, in February 2012 to write a new work after her success with plays such as In the Heights and Water by the Spoonful, for which she won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.^[1]

Later that year Hudes teamed up with singer/songwriter Erin McKeown and director Lear deBessonet to write a new musical, Miss You Like Hell. The show received readings in New York in 2014 and 2015 and a three-week workshop at the La Jolla Playhouse in 2016.^[1]

Production history

In August 2016 it was announced that Daphne Rubin-Vega and Krystina Alabado would star in a full production of the new musical at the Mandell Weiss Theatre at the La Jolla Playhouse.^[2]

Miss You Like Hell opened at the La Jolla Playhouse on October 25, 2016 and is scheduled to run through December 4. The production was directed by Lear deBessonet and choreographed by Danny Mefford with scenic design by Donyale Werle, costume design by Emilio Sosa, and lighting design by Tyler Micoleau.^[1]

Original Cast^[1]

• Olivia – Krystina Alaboo
• Mo - Cliff Bemis
• Castaway - Victor Chan
• Lawyer/Waitress - Vanessa A. Jones
• Higgins - David Patrick Kelly
• Manuel - Julio Monge
• Pearl - Cashaé Monya
• Officer/Legal Clerk/A Guy at a Motel Desk - Kürt Norby
• Mindy - Olivia Oguma
• Beatriz - Daphne Rubin-Vega

Song list

Original Production^[1]

Notes