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Featured on League League of Professional Theatre Women’s Blog

February 13, 2012 csvich21

Playwright, Translator, Songwriter, Editor
South Gate, California USA

Where do you look for inspiration?
Politics, poetry, music, film, literature and human experience

What’s your favorite book / movie / line from a play / pop culture guilty pleasure / cocktail?
Too many favorites but among them in random order are the films – Terence Malick’sDays of Heaven, Todd Haynes’ Velvet Goldmine, Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull, Allison Anders’ Gas Food Lodging, Jane Campion’s Bright Star, and Sidney Lumet’sDog Day Afternoon.

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

October 4, 2011 csvich21

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI – ST. LOUIS
College of Fine Arts and Communication
Department of Theatre, Dance & Media Studies
presentsThe 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

September 8, 2011 csvich21

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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