December 12, 2011 public reading in NYC of GUAPA by Caridad Svich

NoPassport invites you to a public reading of
GUAPA

a new play by Caridad Svich.
Directed by Jose Zayas

In a small Texas town, caught in the long history of class struggle & racism, live Roly, a single mother, and her makeshift family. Taken in by the family is a young woman named simply Guapa (Beautiful), who dreams of playing women’s soccer. This is a story about a working class community trying to make ends meet with magical dreams of sports, graffiti, birds in flight, indigenous history, trauma, recovery, and the viable possibilities of a better life.

Cast: Audrey Esparza, Maggie Bofill, Flor De Liz Perez, Bernardo Cubria and Rey Lucas.
Dramaturg: Heather Helinsky.

MONDAY DECEMBER 12, 2011 at 3:00 PM
at Gramercy Arts Theatre,
Repertorio Espanol, 138 East 27th Street (at Lexington Avenue), NYC.

Rsvp to NoPassportPress@aol.com, Admission is free.

For more info GUAPA check out interview with the author at: http://msteketee.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/interview-caridad-svich/


reading of my translation ABSENCE (EL AUSENTE) — November 12 at 7 PM in NYC

6th ANNUAL
U.S. / MÉXICO
PLAYWRIGHT EXCHANGE

in collaboration with FONCA (México’s National Fund for Culture and Arts)

 

 

 

saturday, november 12 – 7pm

ABSENCE (EL AUSENTE)

by Victor Hugo Rascón Banda

translated by Caridad Svich

Three generations of a Mexico City family endure the absence of a son and husband who have left for the United States. The epic journey of the migrant northward too often overshadows the stories of the loved ones left behind– this play tells their story.

 

all public readings will be @ the LARK BAREBONES STUDIO

311 w 43rd street, 5th floor (btw 8th & 9th avenues)

Subway: 1, 2, 3, A, C, E, N, Q, R to Times Square

 

This program is a collaboration between the Lark and Conaculta/FONCA (México’s National Fund for Culture and Arts) with support from The Mexican Cultural Institute of New York, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Our official hotel sponsor: Washington Jefferson Hotel.

 


LA CASA DE LOS ESPIRITUS en Miami

Miami Dade College North Campus Actors Arena 2011
presents
LA CASA DE LOS ESPIRITUS
by Caridad Svich
based on the novel by Isabel Allende
Directed by Max Ferra

Free Spanish language performances: October 21-23, 28-30, and November 4-6

The Lehman Theatre, 11380 NW 27th Avenue, Miami, FlA 33127, 305-237-1505


Updated Info: The St. Louis Premiere of THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI – ST. LOUIS
College of Fine Arts and Communication
Department of Theatre, Dance & Media Studies
presents
The St. Louis Premiere of the 2011 ATCA Francesca Primus Prize for Playwriting

THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS
a new play with songs by Caridad Svich
based on the novel by Isabel Allende

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OCTOBER 14-22, 2011

The Lee Theater @ Touhill Performing Arts CenterThe House of the Spirits paints a family portrait over four generations of political, social and familial upheaval.  This epic play, inspired by Isabel Allende’s prizewinning story, evokes the pride, passion and triumph of characters living in turbulent times. Playwright Caridad Svich’s English-language adaptation will receive its first major St. Louis production at UMSL. The play has previously been produced in Spanish in Chile and at Repertorio Español in New York City, and in English at the Denver Center Theatre Company.

Author Isabel Allende, who last year was awarded Chile’s National Literature Prize, published her debut novel “The House of the Spirits”in 1982. It quickly became an international best-seller and critical success. Set in a fictional Latin American country, the novel spans more than 50 years, dealing with themes of oppression, tyranny, gender and class issues, but also romance, love, healing and forgiveness.

directed by Tlaloc Rivas
set, lighting & projection design by Glen Anderson
costume & puppetry design by Felia Davenport
dramaturgy by Megan Monaghan Rivas
sound design by Glen Anderson & Tlaloc Rivas
dance choreography by Belicia Beck
fight choreography by Tlaloc Rivas
music arranged & performed by Matthew Wiseman

with
Ashley Bauman, Sydney Daniels, Sean Green,
Destiny Hanlin, Rachel Ligon,
 Michael Pierce,
Sophie Powell,
 Juan Shivers, Samantha Smith
& Ben Watts

8 Performances ONLY:

Friday October 14th at 7:30pm (Opening Night)
Saturday October 15th at 7:30pm
Sunday October 16th at 3pm 
(w/post-show panel w/Caridad Svich & UMSL faculty)

Tuesday October 18th at 9am (Special Student Matinee)
Wednesday October 19th at 7:30pm (All seats $3)
Thursday October 20th at 7:30pm
Friday October 21st at 7:30pm
Saturday October 22nd at 7:30pm (Closing Night)

Tickets at www.touhill.org or 314.516.4949
$10 General Admission / $5 Students w/School ID

For more information, please contact Tlaloc Rivas, Assistant Professor of Theatre
at 314.516.4850 or email: RivasT@umsl.edu



Current Fall performance dates for BUTTERFLIES

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En el tiempo de las mariposas
(In The Time of the Butterflies)
A new play by Caridad Svich
Based on Julia Álvarez’s novel
Directed by José Zayas
Presented in Spanish with live English translation

…THE ACTRESSES PLAYING THEM LOOK SMASHING (AND VERY MUCH LIKE THE REAL MIRABALS)…FOR SPANISH-SPEAKING NEW YORKERS, THIS COMPANY REMAINS A TREASURED THEATRICAL RESOURCE. – NY TIMES

JOSÉ ZAYAS’ PRODUCTION IS INVENTIVE…THE USE OF VIDEO PROJECTIONS AND ANIMATION HELP CREATE A POETIC LANGUAGE OF STAGECRAFT… – BACKSTAGE CRITICS’ PICK

A THUNDERING PERFORMANCE BY DALIA DAVI AS MINERVA… SHE’S ALL STRENGTH, FURY, AND VULNERABILITY… ZULEMA CLARES, WHO PLAYS YOUNGER DEDE, IS ONE OF THE FINEST ACTORS WORKING IN NEW YORK CITY… ROSIE BERRIDO PLAYS PATRIA, WITH HEARTFELT SIMPLICITY. – NYTHEATRE.COM

Performances:
Sunday, September 11 – 6:30pm
Sunday, September 25 – 2:30pm
Saturday, October 1 – 8pm
Thursday, October 20 – 11am
Saturday, October 22 – 3pm
Wednesday, October 26 – 11am
Saturday, October 29 – 8pm
Saturday, November 5 – 3pm
Sunday, November 13 – 2:30pm
Tuesday, November 15 – 11am
Friday, November 18 – 8pm
Saturday, November 26 – 3pm


Sept 13: GUAPA reading

Lark Play Development Center Roundtable reading of

GUAPA
a new play by Caridad Svich.
Directed by Jose Zayas

In a small Texas town, caught in the long history of class struggle & racism, live Roly, a single mother, and her makeshift family. Taken in by the family is a young woman named simply Guapa (Beautiful), who dreams of playing women’s soccer. This is a story about a working class community trying to make ends meet with magical dreams of sports, graffiti, birds in flight, indigenous history, trauma, recovery, and the viable possibilities of a better life.

Cast includes: Audrey Esparza, Maggie Bofill, Flor De Liz Perez, Bernardo Cubria and Rey Lucas.

on TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
at 6:30 PM

at the Lark’s new space at 311 West 43rd Street, Ste 406, NYC 10036

This reading is by invitation only.

www.larktheatre.org


Staged Readings of THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS in September

Miracle Theatre Group

presents as part of its 3rd annual La Luna Nueva Festival

staged readings of

THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS/LA CASA DE LOS ESPIRITUS

a play by Caridad Svich

based on the novel by Isabel Allende

on September 26, 2011 at 7 PM (in English) directed by Tamara Carroll.

on September 28, 2011 at 7 PM (in Spanish) directed by Veronika Nuñez

at Miracle Theatre Group

525 SE Stark, Portland, OR 97214

www.milagro.org