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6th ANNUAL
U.S. / MÉXICO
PLAYWRIGHT EXCHANGE

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

saturday, november 12, 2011 – 7pm

ABSENCE (EL AUSENTE)

by Victor Hugo Rascón Banda
translated by Caridad Svich
Directed by Barclay Goldsmith

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.

Cast includes: Teresa Yenque, Mateo Gomez, Bernardo Cubria, Maria Helan Lopez.

public readings will be @ the LARK BAREBONES STUDIO
311 w 43rd street, 5th floor (btw 8th & 9th avenues)
Reservations at www.larktheatre.org

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.

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/

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 43^rd street, 5th floor (btw 8^th & 9^th 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.

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

Just published in HotReview.org (September 2011)

Recovering Trauma:
An Interview with Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig
by Caridad Svich

http://www.hotreview.org/articles/recoveringtrauma.htm

Essay

“NoPassport: Dreaming the Americas”
by Caridad Svich
in

La Voz Latina
Contemporary Plays and Performance Pieces by Latinas
edited by Elizabeth C. Ramirez and Catherine Casiano
University of Illinois Press, 2011.