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CARIDAD SVICH Playwright-translator-scholar-editor-lyricist C/o New Dramatists Alumni, 424 West 44th Street, NY, NY 10036, Tel: 212-757-6960, Fax: 212-265-4738 Web: www.caridadsvich.com, Voicemail: 212-886-1814, E-mail: csvich21@aol.com
Publications – Plays
12 Ophelias (a play with broken songs), NoPassport Press (2008), Performing the Here and Now: An Introduction to Contemporary Theater and Performance, edited by Chris Danowski, Kendall/Hunt Publishing, Iowa (2005); and in CallReview No. 2, ed. John Most, J.B. Pinker, Inc., NY (2004)
The Archaeology of Dreams, Little Festival of the Unexpected 2000 & 2001, edited by Lisa DiFranza, Stage & Screen, NY (2002).
Alchemy of Desire/Dead-Man’s Blues, Out of the Fringe: Contemporary Latina/o Theatre and Performance, eds. Maria Teresa Marrero and Caridad Svich, TCG Books, NY (2000)
Any Place But Here, Playscripts Inc. (revised text: 2003); and TCG Plays-in-Process Vol.13, No.12 (1993); and Spanish-language version in anthology Teatro Cubano Actual: Dramaturgia escrita en Estados Unidos, ed. Lillian Manzor and Alberto Sarrain, Ediciones Alarcos, La Habana, Cuba (2005).
Antigone Arkhe, and Self-Made (a border crossing), Palabra: A Magazine of Chicano & Latino Literary Art No. 1, ed. Elena Minor (Autumn 2006) But There Are Fires, The Women’s Project & Productions Rowing to America and Sixteen Other Short Plays, ed. Julia Miles, Smith & Kraus, NH (2002)
Brazo Gitano, Ollantay Theater Magazine Vol. VI, No.11, ed. Pedro Monge-Rafuls (published December 1999) Finding Life, 8th Annual Women’s Theatre Festival anthology of one-act plays, Perishable Theatre, RI (2000)
Fugitive Pieces (a play with songs), Playscripts, Inc. (2005) and TheatreForum No. 21, ed. Adele Shank, Dept. of Theatre and Dance, University of California-San Diego, CA (Summer/Fall 2002).
Gleaning/Rebusca, Shattering the Myth, ed. Linda Feyder, Arte Publico Press, TX (1992) Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell That Was Once Her Heart (a rave fable), Divine Fire: Eight Contemporary Plays Inspired by the Greeks, ed. Caridad Svich, BackStage Books, NY (2005); TheatreForum No. 25, ed. John Rouse, University of California-Dept of Theatre and Dance, CA (Spring/Winter 2004),
Lulu Ascending in Midway Journal, Vol. 2. Issue 6, Issue 7, and Vol. 3, Issue. 1, drama editor Justin Maxwell, MN (October and November Issues 2008)Luna Park, Playscripts, Inc. (2006)
Prodigal Kiss, Best New Plays by New Playwrights of 1999, edited by Marisa Smith, Smith & Kraus, NH (2002)
Scar (a solo), Latinas on Stage, eds. Alicia Arrizon and Lillian Manzor, Third Woman Press, UC-Berkeley, CA (2000)
Thrush (a play with songs), Salvage Vanguard Press, TX (2006) Publications (as editor and/or translator) –
Conducting a Life: Reflections on the Theatre of Maria Irene Fornes, ed. Caridad Svich and Maria Delgado, Smith & Kraus, NH (1999) Divine Fire: Eight Contemporary Plays Inspired by the Greeks, ed. Caridad Svich, Back Stage Books (an imprint of Watson-Guptill), NY (2005)Emerging Territories: Latino/a Theatre and Performance, special issue eds. Caridad Svich and Maria Delgado, Journal of American Drama and Theatre, Vol. 16, No. 3, CUNY Grad Center, NY (Fall 2004)Federico Garcia Lorca: Impossible Theater, five plays and thirteen poems in translation, Smith & Kraus, NH (2000)
Lorca Major Plays Volume I: Blood Wedding, Yerma, The House of Bernarda Alba, NoPassport Press, CA (2007) Lorca Major Plays Volume II: The Public, Dona Rosita, and The Shoemaker’s Prodigious Wife, NoPassport Press, CA (2007)
Out of the Fringe: Contemporary Latina/o Theatre and Performance, eds. Caridad Svich and Maria Teresa Marrero, TCG (2000)
Out of Silence: Censorship and Self-Censorship in Theatre & Performance, ed. Caridad Svich, Manchester University Press, UK (forthcoming 2010) Popular Forms for a Radical Theatre, special issue eds. Caridad Svich and Sarah Ruhl, Contemporary Theatre Review, Vol.16, No. 8, Routledge, UK (2006) Theatre in Crisis? Performance Manifestos for a New Century, eds. Caridad Svich and Maria Delgado, Manchester University Press, UK/Palgrave Macmillan, USA (2002)
Trans-Global Readings: Crossing Theatrical Boundaries, conversations on media, culture, language and performance, ed. Caridad Svich, Manchester University Press, UK/Palgrave Macmillan, USA (2004)
Plays Produced: Full-length
12 Ophelias (a play with broken songs) And York University Dept of Theatre, Canada. Related articles on this play: New York Times multimedia feature (audio/slide show) produced by Erik Piepenburg At www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/07/25/theater/twelve-ophelias3/index.html “A Play at Poolside:Caridad Svich’s 12 Ophelias” by David G. Schultz, The Brooklyn Rail (July 2008) “12 Ophelias Brings Hamlet Heroine Back to Life” by Stephanie Simon, NY1 News On Stage (July 22, 2008) “Ophelia Confronts Loser Boyfriend Hamlet in McCarren Park Pool” by Mary Romano, Bloomberg.com (July 23, 2008) and WNET/PBS Sunday Arts show link on www.thirteen.org/sundayarts-news-for-72708/121
Alchemy of Desire/Dead-Man’s Blues (a play with songs) {winner of 1994 Rosenthal New Play Prize} The Bug Theatre, CO (2003) dir. Donna Morrison Hackney Empire Studio Theatre, London (1999) dir. Dina Elisa Ibrahim. Repertorio Espanol, NY (author translation premiere: 1998) dir: Michael John Garces Frank Theatre, Minneapolis, MN (1997) dir. Wendy Knox Northern Light Theatre International Play Festival, Alberta, Canada (1997) Bridge Theatre, Miami, FL (1996) Royal Court Theatre New American Play Festival, UK (1994) dir. Annie Castledine Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, OH (world premiere: 1994) dir. Lisa Peterson and productions at: Ithaca College, Northwestern University, College of William and Mary, Towson University, Western Washington University, Ohio State University, University of Maryland-Baltimore, University of Washington-Seattle, University of Tennessee, Ball State University and National Theater Institute, Romania.
Any Place But Here {videotaped for Billy Rose Theatre Collection, Lincoln Center Performing Arts Library, 1992} Traverse Theatre Reflecting Windows on the World, Edinburgh (1998) *workshop dir. Nicholas Bone Theater for the New City, NY (1995) dir. Maria Irene Fornes Latino Chicago Theatre, IL (1993) dir. Steve Pickering INTAR Hispanic American Arts Center, NY (world premiere: 1992) dir. George Ferencz
The Booth Variations [multimedia piece, co-written with Todd Cerveris] {fourth act published in Play A Journal of Play Volume 1, 2003} Assembly Rooms (Wildman room), Edinburgh Festival/UK (2005) dir. Nick Philippou. 59 East 59th Street Theater, NY (premiere: 2004) dir. Nick Philippou
Fugitive Pieces (a play with songs) {Finalist for 2001 PEN USA West Award in Drama. Nominated for Best New Play by Dallas Theatre League Leon Rabin Awards; listed as one of the Top Ten Theater Events in Dallas for the year 2000 by The Dallas Morning News} And North Harris College/TX (entered into Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, 2005). Related article on this play: “The Pleasure of Motion” by Matthew Maguire, TheatreForum No. 21 (2002)
The House of the Spirits/La Casa de los Espiritus [based on the novel by Isabel Allende] Main Street Theatre, Houston, TX (fall 2009) director TBA Repertorio Espanol/Spanish Rep, NY (world premiere: 2009) dir. Jose Zayas Related articles and media on this play: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/theater/17spir.html?_r=1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/arts/2008/10/000000_strand_tuesday.shtml http://kadmusarts.com/blog/index.php?s=House+of+the+Spirits http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTMLYk5fnUw
Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell That Was Once Her Heart (a rave fable) [text with songs] {Finalist for 2005 PEN USA West Award for Drama; listed as one of the Top Ten Theater Events in Atlanta for the year 2004 by Creative Loafing} Salvage Vanguard Theatre, Austin, TX (area premiere: 2009) dir. Jenny Larson Son of Semele Ensemble, Los Angeles, CA (area premiere: 2006) dir. Matthew McCray One Year Lease company, New York City, NY (area premiere: 2006) dir. Ianthe Demos LIDA Project, CO (2004) dir. Brian Freeland 7 Stages, GA (world premiere: 2004) dir. Melissa Foulger Actors Touring Company, UK at the Euripides’ Festival, Greece (2000) *workshop. dir. Nick Philippou. And Arizona State University-Tempe (directed by Lance Gharavi)), North Harris College/TX, and Doane College/NE. Related articles on this play: “Exploiting Rave Technologies in Caridad Svich’s Iphigenia,” by Lance Gharavi, Theatre Topics 18:2 (2008) pp 223-242. “The Rise, Fall, and Rise of Iphigenia” by Chiori Miyagawa, The Brooklyn Rail (September 2006) “Iphigenia Gets Down” by Ali Rohrs, American Theatre (September 2006) “Contemporary American Playwriting, The Issue of Legacy: Jason Grote, Caridad Svich and Anne Washburn in conversation with Ken Urban,” PAJ 84 (September 2006) “Euripides’ Children” by Caridad Svich, TheatreForum No. 25 (Spring/Winter 2004)
Instructions for Breathing Passage Theatre, NJ (world premiere: spring 2009) dir. Daniella Topol Related articles on this play: "Parents' Dark Nightmare is a compelling new play" by Peter Filichia, The Star-Ledger http://www.nj.com/entertainment/arts/index.ssf/2009/04/parents_darkest_nightmare_is_a.html "The poetry of this invigorating work is rare in contemporary plays" by Bob Brown, Princeton Packet, "Play examines a world with no time to breathe" by Ted Otten, The Trenton Times http://www.nj.com/entertainment/times/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-1/1240545942173050.xml&coll=5 "A Healing Place" preview article on Instructions for Breathing by Megan Sullivan, Princeton Packet, http://www.centraljersey.com/articles/2009/04/19/time_off/entertainment_news/doc49e6637830614945187838.txt
The Labyrinth of Desire [adapted and translated from Lope de Vega] And Ohio State University Dept of Theatre (2008)
Luna Park
Prodigal Kiss [text with songs] Cuban Arts Festival reading, CUNY Grad Center, NY (2005) dir. Jorge Cacheiro Key West Theatre Festival, FL (1999) Playlabs, the Playwrights’ Center, MN (1999) workshop dir. Neel Keller Mark Taper Forum Theatre New Work Festival, Los Angeles, CA (1998) dir. Neel Keller
Thrush (a play with songs) And Northwestern University Dept of Theatre (2008) dir. Jaclyn Biskup The Tropic of XINTAR, NY (2003) *workshop dir. Michael John Garces
Turn the Dark Up, Bow Down, This is a HymnAmerican Living Room Festival, HERE, NY (2001) dir. Debbie Saivetz Wreckage {Honorable mention, 2005 Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2005} Crowded Fire, San Francisco, CA (world premiere: spring 2009) dir. Erin Gilley Highwire Theatre Testing the Line Series, NY (2008) *workshop dir. Adriana Baer Hartt School at University of Hartford, New Play Festival, CT (2005) *workshop
Short Plays Produced:Antigone Arkhe (part of Antigone Project)The Women’s Project and Productions, NY (world premiere: 2004) dir. Annie Dorsen The Public Theatre New Work Now, NY (2004) dir. Sabrina Peck
but there are fires Fontanone Theater festival, Italy (2003) dir. Maria Luisa Bigai The Women’s Project, NY (world premiere: 1991) dir. Susana Tubert
Carnival Jewish Women’s Theatre Project at the Fountain Theatre, CA (2001) dir. Jan Lewis
Gleaning/Rebusca Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, Venice, CA (world premiere: 1991) South Coast Repertory Theatre Hispanic Playwrights’ Project, Costa Mesa, CA (1990)
Finding Life Perishable Theatre, Providence, RI (world premiere: 2000)
Nightwood Rhubarb Festival, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto, Canada (2001) dir. Eryn Trudell Frog & Nightgown Theatre, Toronto, Canada (world premiere: 2000)
Scar Strawdog Theatre Crossing Boundaries Festival, Chicago, IL (1997) T.W.E.E.D. New Works Festival, NY (premiere: 1994) dir. Maria Mileaf, performer: Jefferson Mays
Self-Made (a border crossing) The Collective, CA (2006) Dad’s Garage 8 ˝ X 11 Live and Uncensored Festival, GA (premiere: 2005) dir. Melissa Foulger,
A Short Time After Sanctuary: Playwrights Theatre Six Nights Festival, NY (2004) dir. Lear deBessonet
Translations/Adaptations Produced
As Five Years Pass [original author: Federico Garcia Lorca] INTAR Hispanic American Arts Center, NY (premiere: 1998) dir. Michael John Garces and productions at: Barnard College, Brown University Dept of Theatre, Dartmouth College, Rutgers/NJIT, Bard College, Southern Methodist University, and Juilliard School of Drama.
Blood Wedding [orig. author: Federico Garcia Lorca]
Chimera [orig. author: Federico Garcia Lorca] The Drama League Directors’ Project, NY (1989)
Dona Rosita, or the Language of Flowers [orig. author: Federico Garcia Lorca] Caffeine Theatre, Chicago, IL (premiere: 2005) dir. Jennifer Shook Dartmouth College Dept of Theatre, NH (2004) dir. Don Levit Havana Under the Sea [original author: Abilio Estevez]
The House of Bernarda Alba [orig. author: Federico Garcia Lorca] The Pearl Theatre, NY (premiere: 2005) dir. Shep Sobel. And The New School, NY (2007), Bennington College Dept. of Theatre, VT (2005) dir. Jean Randich TUTA @ Victory Gardens Studio, Chicago, IL (US premiere: 2006) dir. dado The New Group reading series, NY (2006) dir. Dalia Ibelhauptaite New Dramatists INTERPLAY, NY (2006) dir. Michael Sexton
The Kings [orig.author: Julio Cortazar] (originally commissed by The Art Party, Inc. NY) The Internationalists’ Around the World in 24 Hours Festival, NY (2008) dir. Doug Howe
Love of Don Perlimplin for Belisa in the Garden [orig. author: Federico Garcia Lorca] Yale Cabaret, Yale School of Drama, CT (2005) dir. May Adrales University of Maryland-Baltimore, MD (2005) Playwrights Horizons Theatre School/NY (2003) dir.Yoni Oppenheim
Our Wide Wide Sea (Faith, Hope and Charity) [original author: Alberto Pedro] INTAR Hispanic American Arts Center, NY (2003) dir. Max Ferra Bilingual Foundation of the Arts, CA (2003)
Yerma [orig. author: Federico Garcia Lorca] Gala Hispanic Theatre, Washington D.C. (2005) * supertitles.
Other translations available: Garcia Lorca’s The Shoemaker’s Prodigious Wife, and The Public; Calderon de la Barca’s The Monster in the Garden; Silvia Pelaez’s Fever 107 Degrees; Veronica Musalem’s Adela and Juana; Antonio Buero Vallejo’s The Story of a Staircase.Workshop Stagings & Readings (selected listing):
The Archaeology of Dreams Portland Stage Company’s Little Festival of the Unexpected, Maine (2000) *workshop dir. Davis Robinson
Genuine Bonafide Article {2007 New Play Network Timothy Smith Prize finalist; Second Place Winner, 2005 John Gassner New Play Award; Finalist, 2006 The National Arts Club Playwrights First Award; finalist, 2006 Humana Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville,KY; Semi-finalist, 2006 Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, NY & Idaho} Centre Stage-South Carolina New Play Festival (2006) *reading
Lucinda Caval{Winner of 2007 New Dramatists’ Whitfield Cook Prize; finalist for 2007 National Latino Theater Award; finalist 2008 Bay Area Playwrights Foundation Festival} Teatro Luna Reading Series, Chicago, IL (2009) Seattle Rep/Hedgebrook Women’s Playwrights Festival, WA (2007) dir. Val Curtis-Newton Kitchen Dog Theater New Works Festival, TX (2007) dir. Bruce Coleman Primary Stages Primetime Reading Series, NY (2007) dir. Jean Randich New Dramatists, NY (2007) *reading dir. Annie Dorsen
Lulu Ascending Murieta, Tales of El Dorado (libretto & lyrics by Caridad Svich, music by Robert Aldridge)
Steal Back Light from the Virtual {Finalist for 2003 Prism International Residency Stage Play Prize; Short-listed for 2001 ATL Humana Festival; 2001 O’Neill Playwrights Conference, and 2007 Mercury Rising playwriting competition; Published online in The Village Voice Play In a Drawer column curated by Alexis Soloski (2007); HotInk International Play Reading Festival, NYU (2009) dir. Jose Zayas Evidence Room Theatre, CA (2001) *workshop dir. Adrian A. Cruz
And other Play Development: Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh; Tribeca Film Institute All Access Open Stage; A Contemporary Theatre’s Women’s Playwrights Festival/Hedgebrook; PlayLabs, the Playwrights’ Center, Minneapolis; Second Stage, CSC, The Lark, Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Flea, New Georges, Little Theater @ Tonic, Red Bull Theater, Hourglass Group, Cherry Lane Alternative, Voice & Vision, Blue Heron, New Dramatists PlayTime; Mark Taper Theatre Forum, Bottom’s Dream, ASK Theater Projects, Perishable Theatre, Synchronicity Performance Group, Rude Mechs, Printer’s Devil, and Cutting Ball Theatre. Awards/Grants/Residencies
New Dramatists, elected member, New York (2000-2008) Fulbright Senior Specialist in Theatre Candidate (2006-2010) Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, Idaho for A Patriot Song (2009) YR2 New Play Commission, New York University Tisch School of the Arts, NY (2009) Spanish Rep/Repertorio Espanol Adaptation/Translation Commission for The House of the Spirits (2008-2009) Marin Theatre Company Translation Commission for Spanish version of American Triage, CA (2007-2008) UMBC IN10 New Play Commission, MD (2008-2009) SPARC New Voices for the Theatre Playwright in Residence, VA (2008) Whitfield Cook Prize for New Writing, New Dramatists, NY for Lucinda Caval (2007) Women’s Playwright Festival, Seattle Repertory Theatre and Hedgebrook, WA (2007) Montclair State University Dept of Theatre Libretto & Lyrics Commission, NJ for music-theatre piece Murieta, Tales of El Dorado (2007) The Lark Theatre, US-Mexico (FONCA) Translation Commission for Desiertos (2007) and Adela and Juana, NY (2006) Department of Theatre & Dance Adaptation/Translation Commission, CA for The Labyrinth of Desire (2006) Lycee Francais, French American School of International High School New Play Commission, CA for Luna Park (2005) Open Meadows Foundation, NYSCA, and Airmid Theatre Translation Commission, NY for Spanish Golden Age text A little betrayal among friends (2005-2006) Second Place winner, John Gassner New Play Festival, NY for Genuine Bonafide Article (2005) First Runner-Up, Pen is a Mighty Sword Competition, Virtual Theater Project for The Tropic of X (2005) Selected for inclusion Oxford Encyclopedia of Latino History (2004) William Inge Center for the Arts Playwright in Residence, KS with Tilt Heaven (2004) Tribeca Film Institute All Access Open Stage Program for play Magnificent Waste, NY (2004) Bunting Fellowship, Harvard University/Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, MA (2002-2003) TCG/PEW National Theatre Artist Residency at INTAR, NY for The Tropic of X and The Monster in the Garden (2002-2003) Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities Scholar-in-Residence, Perishable Theatre, RI (2002-2003) National Latino Playwrights Award for Magnificent Waste, Arizona Theatre Company, AZ (2003) US-Mexico INBA translation commission for Fever 107 Degrees, The Lark Theatre, NY (2003-2004) Jonathan R. Reynolds Playwright-in-Residence, Denison University, OH with Perdita Gracia and The Booth Variations (2002) Playwright-in-Residence, Thurber House and Ohio State University, OH (2001) Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Science & Technology Project Commission for Calculating Genesis (2001) Writer-in-Residence, Mark Taper Forum Theatre Latino Theatre Initiative (1999) Playlabs, the Playwrights’ Center, MN, for Shelter, Alchemy of Desire/Dead-Man’s Blues, Away Down Dreaming and Prodigal Kiss (1991, 1993, 1995, 1999) Translation commissions, INTAR Hispanic American Arts Center, NY (1998, 2001) ASK Theater Projects/Nautilus Music-Theater Playwright-Composer Studio (1998) NEA/TCG Residency for Playwrights at the Mark Taper Forum, CA for Prodigal Kiss (1997-98) Playwriting Fellowship, Mark Taper Forum Theatre Latino Theatre Initiative for Pensacola (1996-97) PEW/TCG Travel Grant for Artists (1994-95) Royal Court Theatre Playwrights’ Exchange with ASK Theater Projects for Alchemy of Desire/Dead-Man’s Blues (1994) Rosenthal New Play Prize, Cincinnati Playhouse, OH for Alchemy of Desire/Dead-Man’s Blues (1993-94) PEW/National Theater Translation Fund Commission with Literary Managers & Dramaturgs of the Americas for The Story of a Staircase (1992) Playwright-in-Residence, INTAR Hispanic American Arts Center, NY (1988-1992) California Arts Council Playwriting Fellowship for Gleaning/Rebusca (1991) TCG Hispanic Translation Commission with INTAR Hispanic American Arts Center, NY (1991) South Coast Repertory Theatre Hispanic Playwrights’ Project, CA (1990) Short-listed: Finalist, McKnight National Playwriting Residency/Commission, The Playwrights Center, MN (2009) Finalist, CINTAS Foundation Fellowship in Creative Writing, FL (2008) Finalist, The National Arts Club Playwrights First Award for Lucinda Caval (2008), and Genuine Bonafide Article (2005-2006) Finalist, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, San Francisco, CA for Lucinda Caval (2008) Finalist, National Latino Theater Award, Arizona Theater Company, for Lucinda Caval (2007) Finalist, National New Play Network Timothy Smith Prize; for Genuine Bonafide Article (2007) Finalist, Pen USA West Award in Drama for Iphigenia…a rave fable, and Fugitive Pieces (2005, and 2001) Finalist, Humana Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville,KY for Genuine Bonafide Article and Steal Back Light from the Virtual (2006 and 2001) Finalist, Ojai Playwrights Conference, CA for play Tilt Heaven (2005) Finalist, Risk Is This Festival, Cutting Ball Theatre, CA for play Tilt Heaven and Steal Back Light from the Virtual (2005 and 2001) Semi-finalist, Synchronicity Theatre National New Play Festival, GA for Tilt Heaven (2006) Semi-finalist, PlayLabs, the Playwrights Center, MN for Tilt Heaven (2006) Semi-finalist, Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, NY & Idaho for Genuine Bonafide Article (2006) Honorable Mention for Bay Area Playwrights Festival, CA for play Wreckage (2005)
Publications – essays, reviews, interviews
In Contemporary Theatre Review (Routledge, UK): “On the Move: Thaddeus Phillips in conversation with Caridad Svich,” Vol. 18, No. 2 (May 2008) “A Light in Mexico: In Memory of Emilio Carballido,” Vol. 18, No. 2 (May 2008) “A review of Aleks Sierz’ The Theatre of Martin Crimp,” Vol. 17, No. 4 (November 2007) “Threads in Time: JT Rogers,” Vol. 17, No. 2 (May 2007) “The Politics of Engagement: British Drama Stateside,” Vol. 17, No. 2 (May 2007) “Travis Preston: An Interview on the Making of Macbeth: A Modern Ecstasy” Vol. 16. No. 4 (2006) “A Review of Philip Auslander’s Performing Glam Rock” Vol. 16, No. 4 (2006) “Looking for Rachel Corrie” Vol. 16, No. 3 (August 2006) “US Polyglot Theatre and its Link to the Americas” Vol. 16, No.2 (May 2006) “Urban Fabulist: An Interview with Laura Wade” Vol. 16, No. 2 (May 2006) “A Life in Translation: Marguerite Feitlowitz” Vol. 15, No. 4 (November 2005) “On US Theatres’ Recent Blows Against Diversity” Vol. 15, No. 4 (November 2005) “Subverting Narrative: Ariel Dorfman” Vol. 15, No. 3 (August 2005) “An urgent voice for our time: an interview with Jose Rivera,” Vol. 14, No. 4 (November 2004) “A matter of attention: a conversation with Andrei Serban,” Vol 14, No. 4 (November 2004) “A process of perception: a conversation with Bill Viola,” Vol. 14, No. 2 (May 2004) “Shockheaded Peter’s punk archaeology of the music hall,” Vol. 14, No. 1 (February 2004) “Moises Kaufman: Reconstructing History through Theatre,” Vol. 13, No. 3 (August 2003) “Commerce and Morality in the theatre of Mark Ravenhill,” Vol. 13, No. 1 (February 2003)
In Performance Research (Routledge, UK): “Illuminations: Poor Mad Tom (On Mabou Mines’ Lear)” (2005) “A Triangle of Thought: Craig Higginson, Joanna Laurens and Caridad Svich,” Vol. 9, No. 1 (March 2004) “Crafting Madness: A correspondence on the editing of The Booth Variations,” (co-written with Todd Cerveris), Vol. 7, No. 1 (March 2002) “Visions of Migration: Charting Internal Diasporas,” Vol. 6, No. 1 (Spring 2001)
In TheatreForum (UC-San Diego): “Karen Zacarias: An Interview by Caridad Svich,” Issue No. 28 (Winter/Spring 2006) “Re-mapping Latino Theatre: American Playwrights on the Edge of the Edge,” Issue No. 27 (Summer/Fall 2005) “Euripides’ Children,” Issue No. 25 (Summer/Fall 2004) “Blazing Angel: a portrait of and interview with Ruth Margraff,” Issue No. 22 (Winter/Spring 2003) In American Theatre (TCG, NY): ‘Glamming it Up with Taylor Mac’ (November 2008) “Border Crossing: Interview with Javier Malpica,” Vol. 25, No. 6 (July/August 2008) “Mainstream Remix,” Vol. 25, No. 4 (April 2008) ‘New Myths for Mexican Drama” Vol. 24, No. 5 (May/June 2007) “A Writer’s Tightrope: An Interview with Karen Zacarias” in Vol. 23, No. 1 (January 2006) “Demon Baritone: An Interview with Michael Cerveris” in Vol. 22, No.9 (November 2005) "Who Designates Arrival?"in Vol. 22, No. 4 (April 2005) ”Internet Explorer” in Vol.19, No. 7 (September 2002) “Does Beckett Fit Our Reading Series?” in Vol. 14, No. 1 (January 1997) In HotReview.org (Hunter College/CUNY), ed. Jonathan Kalb: “The Looking Glass: Tim Crouch’s England” (January 2009) “On a Burning Altar: Sarah Kane’s Blasted” (October 2008) “In a Garden State: Jason Grote in conversation” (February 2008) ‘Tracking America: A Conversation with Heather Woodbury” (January 2007) “Tim Crouch’s Transformations” (October 2006) “An Unsentimental Education: A review of The History Boys” (April 2006) “Brilliant Gestures: A review of Sweeney Todd” (February 2006) “Anatomy of Abandonment: On Will Eno’s Thom Pain” (October 2005) In Performing Arts Journal (PAJ): “Ordinary Sites of Transgression: David Harrower’s Blackbird” PAJ 89, Vo. 30, No.2 (May 2008) “Physical Poetry: David Greig in conversation with Caridad Svich’ PAJ 86, Vol. 29, No. 2 (May 2007) “Dancing in Place, A review of Maria Irene Fornes’ Letters from Cuba,” PAJ 66, eds. Bonnie Marranca and Gautam Dasgupta, John Hopkins University Press, MD (Fall 2000) Liz Duffy Adams, David Adjmi, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Brooke Berman, Adam Bock, Sheila Callaghan, Jorge Ignacio Cortinas, Catherine Filloux, Jessica Goldberg, David Grimm, Rebecca Gilman, Jason Grote, Julie Hebert, Michael Hollinger, Quiara Alegria Hudes, Julie Jensen, Carson Kreitzer, Young Jean Lee, Wendy MacLeod, Jennifer Maisel, Matthew Maguire, Emily Mann, Ruth Margraff, Chiori Miyagawa, Sally Nemeth, Carmen Rivera, Anne Garcia Romero, Elaine Romero, Sarah Ruhl, Christopher Shinn, Crystal Skillman, Gary Sunshine, Paula Vogel, Lucy Wang, Anne Washburn, Elizabeth Wong, Susan Yankowitz,
“Carthage/Cartagena” in Palabra: A Magazine of Chicano & Literary Art, Issue No. 3, ed. Elena Minor, Palabra Publications, CA (fall/winter 2007-2008)
“Guapa ( a story in snapshots)” in Palabra: A Magazine of Chicano & Latino Literary Art, Issue No. 2, ed. Elena Minor, Palabra Publications, CA (spring/summer 2007).
“Bad English or Bordered Voices in American Theater (cut one),” New York Theatre Review 2007, ed. Brook Stowe, Black Wave Press, NY (2007)
“Life’s Art,” Brujula: arte y encuentros, eds. Ana Alonso Minutti and Juan Manual Portillo, Vol. 6, No. 1, University of California-Davis, Hemispheric Institute of the Americas, (December 2007)
“Some thoughts on Garcia Lorca and the Arts of Translation,” Theatre Topics, Vol. 59, No. 3 (October 2007)
“Trust in Will,” Seattle Repertory Theatre Encore Arts Programme, Vol. 26, No. 2 (2006)
“Six Moves Across the Field Touch Down America/Un Son para el mundo Hemisferico,” Fronteras: Hybrid Imaginaries/Fractured Geographies, special issue eds. Roberto Varea and Ulla Berg, e-misferica, Hemispheric Institute, NYU (November 2006) “Between Tongues. A NoPassport roundtable with Oliver Mayer, Anne Garcia-Romero, Elaine Romero and Caridad Svich with an introduction by Caridad Svich,” e-misferica (November 2006)
“Latina theatre and performance: acts of exposure,” Auto/biography and identity: Women, theatre and performance, ed. Maggie Gale and Viv Gardner, Manchester University Press, UK (2004)
“Embracing the Fragile,” Ollantay Theater Magazine Vol. 9, No. 18, guest ed. Maria Teresa Marrero (2001)
“Looking for Lorca: A Legacy in the Americas,” and “Love’s Thorns,” Fire, Blood and the Alphabet: 100 Years of Lorca, ed. Sebastian Doggart and Michael Thompson, Durham University Modern Language Series, UK (February 2000)
“Home, Desire, Memory: There Are No Borders Here,” Puro Teatro, eds. Nancy Saporta Sternbach and Alberto Sandoval, University of Arizona Press (December 1999)
Related Work Founder, NoPassport, pan-american theatre coalition/performance collective (ongoing) Associate Editor, and Editor of BackPages, Contemporary Theatre Review theatre and performance journal, UK (ongoing) Contributing Editor, TheatreForum, international theatre and performance journal, UC-San Diego (2004-2008) Initiator/Co-curator, NoPassport Dreaming the Americas “Legacy and R/evolution” Conference at Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, CUNY Graduate Center, NY (2009) Co-curator, PEN World Voices Festival panels, NY (2008) Organizer, curator, panelist, “The Body Politic: Theatre & Performance” Conference, NoPassport at the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center/CUNY Graduate Center,NY (2008) Guest Performance lecture/presentation, Performing Literatures Conference, University of Leeds, UK (2007) Organizer, curator, panelist, “Dreaming the Americas: Theatre & Performance” Conference, NoPassport at Martin E. Segal Center at CUNY Grad Center, NY (2007) Performer/Panel Moderator, “Arts and Social Criticism in the Americas: The Fifth Wall, Performance Beyond the Pale,” CalArts at REDCAT, CA (2007) Speaker, “Bad English or Bordered Voices in American Theater,” Performance in the Borderlands series, Arizona State University-Tempe (2007) Moderator and Panelist, ‘Out of Silence: a panel on writing and censorship,” Pen & Swill at New Dramatists, NY (2006) Co-host and Presenter, “Patriots Day Town Readings,” THAW (Theaters Against War) and NoPassport, NY (2006) Conceiving Editor, The Katrina Project, a multi-author text collaboration in response to Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath (2006) Advisory Committee, Prelude 2005 Mini-Festival, CUNY Grad Center, NY (2005) Moderator and Panelist, “Latino Theatre Today,” University of California-Santa Barbara, CA (2005) Co-moderator and Panelist, “Re-mapping Latino Theatre,” University of California-San Diego, CA (2005) Conceiving Editor/Writer, WarIsWar, a multi-author text collaboration in response to the Iraq War (2005) Arts emissary/speaker, US State Department and the Ministry of Culture, Colombia (2004) Moderator and Panelist, “Difference and Light: Latino/a Playwriting Now,” New Dramatists and INTAR Theatre, NY (2004) Moderator and Panelist, ‘Shaping the Future of the American Theatrical Voice, a panel on Latina/o playwriting,” INTAR Theatre, NY (2003) Speaker, “A Good Fast – a theatre action/manifesto,” Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, MA (November 2002) Conceiving Editor/Writer, Return to the Upright Position, a multi-author text collaboration in response to Sept 11, 2001 (2001-2002) Lyricist, “Unsettled Scores” evening of songs, ASK Theater Projects at The Arcade, CA (2000) Conceiving Editor/Writer, Stations of Desire: Saints, Sinners and In-Between, an e-mail text collaboration with 12 playwrights (1999) Conceiving Editor/Writer, Random Acts of Culture, an online text collaboration with 10 playwrights (1999) Keynote Speaker, RAT Theater Conference, CA (1999) Closing Speaker/Panelist, MALCS Summer Institute, University of Minnesota (1999) Closing Speaker/Panelist, “A Stage of Their Own” Latina theatre symposium/festival, Curator, “Writers on Writing” series, Mark Taper Forum Theatre (1998-1999) Guest Speaker, 100 Years of Garcia Lorca Festival, Northern Stage, Newcastle, England (1998) Dramaturg, Pacific Playwrights Festival, South Coast Repertory Theatre, CA (1998) Dramaturg, New Work Festival, Mark Taper Forum Theatre, CA (1998) Keynote Speaker/Panelist, Women’s Theatre Festival, Stages Repertory Theatre, TX (1997) Playwrights Lab Liaison for Maria Irene Fornes, Intar Hispanic American Arts Center, NY (1988-1992) Dramaturg, various productions, UC-San Diego (1986-1988)
And Jurist for Alpert Award in the Arts, and Creative Work Fund, CA; McKnight fellowship, and “Many Voices” grants, the Playwrights Center, MN; TCG National Theatre Residency Travel Grants, PEW/TCG Residency Program for Playwrights, TCG Extended Collaboration Grants, and Rockefeller Foundation MAP Fund, NY; Philadelphia Theater Initiative and Pew Charitable Trust, PA; and NEA Creative Programs- Theatre, Washington D.C. Teaching/Lecturing ExperienceVisiting Associate Professor of Playwriting, Theatre Dept, Bard College, NY (2008-2009) Lecturer in Creative Writing, Dept of English, Rutgers-New Brunswick, NJ (2007-2009) Visiting Lecturer-Playwriting, University of Rochester, NY (2009) SPARC New Voices in the Theatre Playwright in Residence, VA (2008) Playwriting Instructor, Dept of Theatre Arts, Bennington College, VT (2006) Playwriting Instructor, MFA Program in Theatre-Playwriting, University of California-San Diego (2005) Playwriting Guest Lecture, Creative Writing for New Media, Northwestern University, IL (2006) Keynote lecture sponsored by Routledge, Symposium on Post-Colonial Theatre, Royal Holloway, University of London UK (2005) Quorum lecture and panel, Queen Mary, University of London UK (2005) Playwriting Master Class, Wake Forest University, NC (2005) Playwriting Master Class, North Harris College, TX (2005) Guest speaker, Ithaca College Dept of Theatre, NY (2005) Guest speaker, New York University Tisch School, NY (2005) Guest speaker, Pequeno Teatro and the Bi-National Center Colombo, Medellin, Colombia (2004) Playwriting Master Class, Teatro Delia Zapata, Ministry of Culture, Bogota, Colombia (2004) Playwriting Instructor, Independence Community College/Inge Center for the Arts, KS (2004) Keynote Speaker, Arizona State University Dept of Theatre New Play Festival, AZ (2004) Playwriting Instructor, Playwrights-in-the-Schools program, Sedan High School, KS (2004) Playwriting Workshop, University of Iowa Dept of Theatre (September 2003) Mentor, Seabury Quinn Playwriting Festival, Ohio University, Athens, OH (2002) Playwriting Master Class, Towson University, MD (October 2002) Playwriting Instructor, Denison University, OH (January-May 2002) Playwriting Workshop, University of Texas-Austin, TX (February 2002) Guest lecture, Dept of Theatre, Southern Connecticut State University, CT (November 2001) Guest lecture, Dept of Spanish, Denison University, Ohio (April 2001) Playwriting Master Class, East West Players, CA (August 2001) Playwriting Master Class, Voice & Vision “Envision” Retreat at Bard College, NY ( July 2001) Playwriting Instructor, Ohio State University Dept. of Theatre, Columbus, OH (January-March 2001) Playwriting Master Class, Kenyon College, OH (February 2001) Guest Speaker, Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio (February 2001) Guest lecture, Helen Weinberger Center in association with Spanish Dept., University of Cincinnati, Ohio (February 2001) Guest lecture, Dept of Theatre in association with Women’s Studies, Miami University, Oxford, OH (February 2001) Playwriting Instructor, US-Cuba Writers’ Conference, Havana, Cuba (January 2000) Visiting Playwright/Lecturer, University of London, Queen Mary & Westfield College, UK (2000) Guest Speaker, PhD Latina Theatre Seminar, UC-San Diego (2000) Writers’ Project Coordinator/Instructor, Mark Taper Forum Theatre Latino Theatre Initiative (1998-99) Playwriting Master Class, University of Maryland-Baltimore (1999) Playwriting Workshop, Paines Plough Theatre, London, England (1998) Playwriting Master Class, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland (1998) Visiting Lecturer in Playwriting, 3rd Year MFA Class, Yale School of Drama, CT (1996) Helen Weinberger Fellow, Helen Weinberger Center for the Study of Drama and Playwriting, University of Cincinnati, OH (1994) Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Cincinnati, OH (1994) DocumentationAny Place But Here, video of INTAR production, Theatre on Film and Tape Archives, New York Public Library (Performing Arts) at Lincoln Center (1992) ASK Theater Projects Play Collections, Los Angeles Public Library-Central Library and www.scholar.library.miami.edu/archivoteatral/ Bio-bibliography, Women Playwrights of Diversity, Greenwood Press (1997) EducationM.F.A. in Theatre-Playwriting, University of California, San Diego (1988) B.F.A. in Theatre- Performing Arts, University of North Carolina, Charlotte (1985)
AffiliationsPEN American Center; New Dramatists, NY, The Dramatists Guild, Inc., The Playwrights’ Center, MN; League of Professional Theatre Women; New Georges Affiliated Artist;
ReferencesChiori Miyagawa, Bard College Playwright in Residence, e-mail: miyagawa@bard.edu Jean Randich, Bennington College Dept of Theatre, e-mail: jmrandich@aol.com Matthew Maguire, Fordham University Dept f Theatre Chair, e-mail: Maguirecpc@nyc.rr.com Jorge Huerta, University of California-San Diego Dept of Theatre & Dance, e-mail: jhuerta@ucsd.edu
Other references available upon request.
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