"Warm-spirited... Hudes has a supple feel for characterization and a wide-ranging sympathy for life's waifs and strays." -The New York Times
Samira Wiley and Vanessa Aspillaga, directed by Thomas Kail
"Bars are outstanding factories for human suffering--and deliverance. Watering holes attract the guilty, the self-deluded and of course, the addicted. Hudes covers those bases in her slow-burning vibrantly-sketched portrait of a scruffy North Philly booze joint. It soothes the pain and burns downs to your heart. Sort of like a stiff drink." -Time Out New York
Vanessa Aspillaga and Joseph Gordon Weiss, directed by Thomas Kail.
"Hudes has a fine grasp of the friction created by the social tectonic plates that shift according to the waves of gentrification and governance." -Deadline
Vanessa Aspillaga and Matthew Saldivar
"A human tapestry used to explore the effect of memories and the changes wrought by time's passing." -CurtainUp
Samira Wiley and Matthew Saldivar
"I don't make a habit of spending time in bars, but even if you're like me, make an exception and walk into Daphne's Dive. It is inhabited by seven people who come to vibrant life. Alternately poetic and fiercely realistic." -TheatrePizzazz
"A compassionate chronicle of the rewards of community and the irreparable damage of falling outside of those 'family' norms." -Theatre Is Easy
Matthew Saldivar and Daphne Rubin-Vega
Daphne Rubin-Vega and Vanessa Aspillaga
"A coterie of colorful regulars hang out, share the local news, and support each other through major life events .Daphne's Dive pulsates with life and Philly flavor." -Broad Street Review
Gordon Joseph Weiss, Matthew Saldivar, KK Moggie, and Samira Wiley
Carlos Gomez and Daphne Rubin-Vega
Samira Wiley, Matthew Saldivar, and KK Moggie, directed by Thomas Kail.
Vanessa Aspillaga and Carlos Gomez
Quiara Alegría Hudes and Daphne Rubin-Vega
The cast of Daphne's Dive
In a tucked away corner of North Philly, six regulars gather at a neighborhood watering hole. Over twenty years, they turn their collective memories into a vivacious mythology. At Daphne's Dive, an aloe plant, a girl's sneaker, a stiff drink, and mounds of trash become talismanic treasures to a group of outsiders trying to be "in" together.