Month: September 2015

on stage and print during October 2015

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Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
a new play by Caridad Svich
based on the novel by Mario Vargas Llosa
at Repertorio Espanol in New York City
directed by Jose Zayas
premieres October 9, 2015 (open run, in rep)http://repertorio.nyc/#/event/a0SE000000NXn6PMAT.

The Labyrinth of Desire
a gender-bending comedy adapted from a play by Lope de Vega
directed by Rebecca Rivas
at University of Texas-El Paso
Oct 15-18, 22-23, and Oct 25, 2015http://theatredance.utep.edu/Site/Home.html

Alchemy of Desire/Dead-Man’s Blues
at Spectrum Theatre Company at Northwestern University, Illinois
Oct 22-24, 2015http://spectrumtheatrecompany.com/season/fall-mainstage/

De Troya
a new play by Caridad Svich
in an invite-only roundtable reading
Directed by Emily Mendelsohn
October 26, 2015 at Primary Stages Studios, NYC

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In print: “Archipelagos, Fragile Shores and Orphan Seas”

by Caridad Svich is live on Howlround:

2nd leg of Matrix residency for AGUA DE LUNA

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Matrix Theatre Company is pleased to announce that internationally renowned playwright, Caridad Svich returns to Detroit October 6 – 13 to workshop her new bilingual play, agua de luna (psalms for the rouge) with the show’s director, Sherrine Azab.

Caridad Svich won an Obie Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2012 and in addition to being a playwright, is a critic, editor, songwriter, and translator. Her plays explore themes of biculturalism and construction of identity. Matrix commissioned Svich to write a new, bilingual play inspired by the spirit of southwest Detroit. October marks her second of three residencies in Detroit at Matrix Theatre Company.

Read more:  http://www.broadwayworld.com/detroit/article/Caridad-Svich-to-Workshop-New-Play-at-Matrix-20150917