a play-conversation by Caridad Svich
a piece of theatre that explores who are we are and who we might be
Full length in one act.
Cast: 4 actors (gender neutral).
Running time: 90 minutes.
Script Development:
A section of the play was originally commissioned in 2016 by CenterStage in Baltimore for their 2017 My America: She project. It was developed in 2016 through the Lark’s roundtable reading program, Cindy Phaneuf and the University of Nebraska-Omaha Dept of Theatre’s Modern Aesthetics Seminar, an in-house reading at the Sheen Center of Thought and Culture in New York City, and Ensemble Studio Theatre New York City memberfest workshop reading.
It received a NoPassport workshop at the Lark as part of their PlaySpace program on March 9th and 10th , 2017 in New York City under the direction of Katie Pearl with dramaturgy by Zac Kline. Funding for this workshop was provided by the sponsors listed at *.
Production History
Town Hall ran October 27-November 5, 2023 at the University of Utah directed by Latoya Cameron. https://www.theatre.utah.edu/town-hall
Articles and features about TOWN HALL
“Resistance and Change in TOWN HALL”
a conversation between Katie Pearl and Caridad Svich was posted live on March 3, 2017 at http://larktheatre.org/blog/resistance-and-change-town-hall/
‘The “Us” of Town Hall’ on Howlround
http://howlround.com/the-us-of-town-hall
Quote from director Rebecca McCutcheon:
“Beyond timely piece of searching and intimate political playwriting. Town Hall tackles so many urgent questions of human relationship – to our environment, to other humans, to democracy, through its focus on 4 women living in the very near future, in a world at once different from but very similar to ours. A beautiful, fragile and powerful piece.”
forthcoming articles on the Clyde Fitch Report.
* The NoPassport workshop of TOWN HALL at the Lark in 2017 was individually supported by Anonymous, Daniel Banks, Andy Bragen, Susan Bernfield, Deborah Brevoort, Clay McLeod Chapman, Mia Chung, Alice Eve Cohen, Patricia Crespin, Lisa D’Amour, Estefania Fadul, Jason Grote, Brian Herrerra, Jessi Hill, Neil LaBute, Joan Lipkin, Laurie McCants, Jeff McMahon, Dion Mucciacito, Sabrina Peck, Maria Peyramaure, Michael Robertson, Marco Antonio Rodriguez, Michael Roth, Ian Rowlands, Robert Schenkkan, Neil Scharnick, Lisa Schlesinger, Tamara Underiner, Hank Willenbrink, Jose Zayas.