20 stories by "Caridad Svich"
By Jean Graham-Jones, Caridad Svich. Translation lives in the slippery area between texts, people, cultures, languages, and sources.
By Caridad Svich. Caridad Svich offers some observations from this ever-evolving now, as the theatre industry contends with the manner in which it may come into its own during the COVID-19 p…
By Will Arbery, Caridad Svich. Caridad Svich shares a correspondence she had with playwright and theatremaker Will Arbery, touching on topics of writing about bleakness and despair, a play's…
About a year ago, I started working on a piece called Sanctuary (American Psalm), which will be seen in work in progress showings January 28-31st, 2016 at Arena Stage's Kogod Cradle Series i…
(This essay was written for the 2015 TCG Circle Audience Revolution blog salon after the 2015 TCG Audience (R)Evolution Convening March 25-27, 2015 in Kansas City.) Tell me what you want.…
(This reflection was written for the 2015 TCG Circle Audience Revolution blog salon) This is not for you. You never came into my mind when I was making this. To be honest, I was thinking of …
(This post is a reflection of the 2014 TCG National Conference: Crossing Borders and the two blog salons curated by Caridad Svich,  {Art | People} and {Survive|Thrive}.) L…
(Photo by Ben Carver of Jarman (all this maddening beauty). This post is part of the 2014 TCG National Conference: Crossing Borders {Survive| Thrive} blog salon.) I pr…
(This post is part of the 2014 TCG National Conference: Crossing Borders {Art | People} blog salon.) One: Thinking about Theatre Let us think now on the nature of silence On th…
(Photo from the 2012 Uruguay premiere of Caridad Svich’s In the time of the butterflies/En el tiempo de las mariposas. Caridad’s play Archipelago is part of the 30/30 US La…
(Photo: Caridad Svich addressing the Artistic Innovation homeroom, by Michal Daniel. Editor’s note: Caridad’s remarks have been available as an archived video courtesy of HowlRou…
(This post is a part of the Artistic Innovation blog salon curated by Caridad Svich for the 2013 TCG National Conference: Learn Do Teach in Dallas. Click-through to read her thou…
A mild day in Dallas, Texas on the 7th of June brought forth spirited discussion amongst Will Power, Kevin Moriarty, Wendy MacLeod and Ed Sobel, Tim Bond and I on a panel on playwriting resi…
(This post is a part of the Artistic Innovation blog salon curated by Caridad Svich for the 2013 TCG National Conference: Learn Do Teach in Dallas). a deluvial morning led to a breezy, calm …
(This post is a part of the Diversity & Inclusion blog salon led by Online Curator Jacqueline E. Lawton for the 2013 TCG National Conference: Learn Do Teach in Dallas. …
(This post is the first post of the Artistic Innovation arc #TCG13 blog salon–learn more here). Making new work for live performance demands every bit of fiber and muscle, sinew and st…
In the twilight of a waning late summer day, thoughts turn quite naturally toward the upcoming US Presidential election, and what is certainly a contest of idols on the blue and red sides of…
In the background: A rainy night in New York City in late spring. In the foreground: a live stream broadcast of Thais Flaitt's Portuguese translation of my play The Way of Water from Cia de …
(Photo from Univ of Pretoria, South Africa reading of THE WAY OF WATER. Courtesy of Univ of Pretoria.) “Oh, environmental plays,” a UK playwright-colleague said to me during a Wi…
(Generation Without Borders is an essay series created by TCG for the 50th Anniversary of World Theatre Day. ) How does one write a life? Where does the will to intervene socially and pol…
