Zabryna Guevara, Bill Heck, Armando Riesco Drink Water by the Spoonful on Off-Broadway Opening Night

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Armando Riesco stars as Elliot, a soldier who has returned to Philadelphia from a tour in Iraq with a permanently injured leg.
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Zabryna Guevara plays Elliot’s cousin Yaz, a music professor.
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Liza Colon-Zayas appears as Odessa, a recovering drug addict who moderates an online chat room for other recovering addicts.
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Frankie Faison’s character in Water by the Spoonful, a recovering crack addict, is most often referred to by his online screen name, “Chutes and Ladders.”
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Sue Jean Kim is another member of Odessa’s online community, known by the screen name, “Orangutan.”
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Bill Heck appears as “Fountainhead,” a new member of Odessa’s online chat site.
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Ryan Shams completes the company in a variety of roles, including a ghost of Elliot’s past experiences.
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Playwright/expectant mom Quiara Alegría Hudes received the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Water by the Spoonful.
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Water by the Spoonful is directed by Davis McCallum, who helmed the previous play in this trilogy, Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue.
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Guests at the opening included Second Stage alum Halley Feiffer, who appeared in the company’s productions of subUrbia, Election Day, and Some Americans Abroad.
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Bill Heck is not only opening a major off-Broadway play, but he and his wife, his Orphans’ Home Cycle co-star Maggie Lacey, are expecting a baby!
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Stage veteran and Dexter star David Zayas wouldn’t miss his wife Liza’s off-Broadway opening for Dave and Buster’s game tokens in the world.
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The full cast of Water by the Spoonful: Bill Heck, Ryan Shams, Zabryna Guevara, Frankie Faison, Sue Jean Kim, Liza Colon-Zayas, and Armando Riesco.
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Second Stage Theatre celebrated the off-Broadway opening night of Quiara Alegría Hudes’ 2012 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Water by the Spoonful on Tuesday, January 8 with a post-performance shindig at Dave & Buster’s. Davis McCallum directs the production, which runs through January 27.

The second play in a trilogy that began with Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue, Water by the Spoonful follows Elliot, a Marine who returns home to Philadelphia after a tour of duty in Iraq with a permanently battle-scarred leg and a life in flux. His world begins to change even faster with the discovery of a cyberspace chat room for recovering drug addicts. The company is led by Armando Riesco and Zabryna Guevara, both of whom appeared in the first play of the trilogy, as well as Liza Colon-Zayas (Our Lady of 121st Street), Frankie R. Faison (Oz), Bill Heck (The Orphans’ Home Cycle), and Sue Jean Kim (Assistance).

Guests at the opening night performance included Second Stage alum Halley Feiffer (subUrbia), Maggie Lacey (The Orphans’ Home Cycle), Shirley Rumierk (Ilegales), and David Zayas (Dexter).

Click here to read TheaterMania’s review of Water by the Spoonful.

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