Caridad Svich

Caridad Svich offers a new take on the history play, which tells the story of Henry VIII’s marriage to Anne Boleyn. Shakespeare’s Henry VIII is a story of a brazen race to power and the desire for an heir. Advised by Cardinal Wolsey, Henry VIII is caught between church and state as he meets Anne Boleyn and seeks to annul his marriage to Queen Katherine. This episodic and plot-driven play examines the machinations of royal power. Shakespeare’s Henry VIII, in this new translation by Caridad Svich, is a swift-moving, complex tale of intrigue. This translation of Henry VIII was written as part of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Play On! project, which commissioned new translations of thirty-nine Shakespeare plays. These translations present work from “The Bard” in language accessible to modern audiences while never losing the beauty of Shakespeare’s verse. Enlisting the talents of a diverse group of contemporary playwrights, screenwriters, and dramaturges from diverse backgrounds, this project reenvisions Shakespeare for the twenty-first century. These volumes make these works available for the first time in print—a new First Folio for a new era.

AMY and SPECK by Caridad Svich Amy and Speck is a play-installation. It looks at an encounter between a judge who serves on the highest court in the land and the various specters that haunt and govern them. A portrait of the rise of theocratic neoliberal necro-politics vs. the autonomy of subjugated people. This piece is loosely inspired by real life. This is a Santa Catalina Editions/NoPassport Press book project. ISBN: 978-1-304-02202-8

THE VANISHED. a play by Caridad Svich. In a house near the sometime sea, a birthday party is being celebrated for the lost children of the earth. A story about finding communion in times of extinction. A rueful poetic drama.

JOAN OF THE DOCKYARDS. a play by Caridad Svich. A working-class, poetic drama that explores faith, longing, and climate change through the lens of a modern-day Joan and her family and friends in a small industrial town.

TOWN HALL. a play by Caridad Svich. In this play, we are in a meeting room, a gathering place, a space for communion after many disasters. This space will hold us, some say, if we let it. A story about being together when everything falls apart. This is a Santa Catalina Editions book, an imprint of NoPassport Press.

THE LABYRINTH OF DESIRE. a comedy by Caridad Svich. In this breezy tale of romantic love, Florela loves Alejandro, but Alejandro is keen on Laura. Florela devises a plan to befriend Laura and in so doing becomes keen on her herself. But is Florela who she says she is? And will Laura see through Florela's disguise? A free adaptation and translation of Lope de Vega's "la prueba de los ingenios," this play was originally commissioned by UCSD Department of Theatre and Dance. This publication is a Santa Catalina and NoPassport Press edition.

THE LOVE OF THE GAME. a comedy, of sorts. by Caridad Svich. Synopsis: JB plays golf. They're good at it. It's summer and their old friend Shep comes to visit. Into the world of sports also walks in an upstart named Ren. Let's just say it's not going to be like any summer JB has gone through before. This is a Santa Catalina Editions and NoPassport Press edition.

LIFE JACKET. a play by Caridad Svich. Synopsis: This is a story about two friends on a boat. They live in a small town near the sea. On this Sunday, they go out, as they have done in the past, but this time, something changes. Call it a spirit encounter. Or maybe they just hit some nasty debris in the water. Whatever the case, it is a day that will test them both. This play is part of the author's seven-play AMERICAN PSALM cycle. This is a Santa Catalina and NoPassport Press edition.

ARBOR FALLS. a play by Caridad Svich. Synopsis: In a small town called Arbor Falls, a preacher wrestles with their faith as they try to hold onto the last vestiges of a church with barely a congregation to call its own. Into this town arrives a traveler whose presence exposes the spiritual and moral values upon which it stands. This play is part of the author's seven play cycle AMERICAN PSALM. This is a Santa Catalina Editions and NoPassport Press publication venture.

Featuring conversations with theatre makers in the US and UK during the first 8 months of the Covid-19 lockdown, this collection reveals the innovations in digital theatre as artists, companies and theatres had to adjust to the restrictions and formulate new ways of working and reaching audiences. Besides documenting in their own words the work that was generated, this book captures the artists' dreams for a new post-Covid reality in which theatre is reimagined and issues of racial and economic injustice are addressed. With conversations grouped under 5 broad areas, a host of theatre makers candidly discuss the present and the future of theatre: * R/evolution: How should theatre evolve rather than re-set? What kind of field could this be, if the arts sector is to survive in the US and UK and if white supremacist, classist, ableist, and patriarchal structures are dismantled, and acts of regeneration and reformation occur? * What does theatre look like at the local and hyper-local level and when working with young people and communities at risk? * What are the challenges of creating work in the digital realm and/or exploring socially distanced performance in new ways? * How may theatre address social inequalities and be a place for acts of political and artistic resistance? How has the pandemic galvanised their commitments to communities, arts advocacy, use of languages on the stage and page, and considerations of the living archive? * Acts of communion with audiences, readers, fellow artists, students, and within ensembles and collectives. How do we find new ways to gather and make when liveness and the shared experience are challenged?

Featuring conversations with theatre makers in the US and UK during the first 8 months of the Covid-19 lockdown, this collection reveals the innovations in digital theatre as artists, companies and theatres had to adjust to the restrictions and formulate new ways of working and reaching audiences. Besides documenting in their own words the work that was generated, this book captures the artists' dreams for a new post-Covid reality in which theatre is reimagined and issues of racial and economic injustice are addressed. With conversations grouped under 5 broad areas, a host of theatre makers candidly discuss the present and the future of theatre: * R/evolution: How should theatre evolve rather than re-set? What kind of field could this be, if the arts sector is to survive in the US and UK and if white supremacist, classist, ableist, and patriarchal structures are dismantled, and acts of regeneration and reformation occur? * What does theatre look like at the local and hyper-local level and when working with young people and communities at risk? * What are the challenges of creating work in the digital realm and/or exploring socially distanced performance in new ways? * How may theatre address social inequalities and be a place for acts of political and artistic resistance? How has the pandemic galvanised their commitments to communities, arts advocacy, use of languages on the stage and page, and considerations of the living archive? * Acts of communion with audiences, readers, fellow artists, students, and within ensembles and collectives. How do we find new ways to gather and make when liveness and the shared experience are challenged?

STAND by Caridad Svich. An acoustic electric poem-play of women's rage and ancient power. On this day, another woman from the village is raped. Their name is Cassandra. A chorus of women gather 'round in support of them and in defiance of the systems in which they are told they must live. A tale of protest and the ways in which all that are made vulnerable to patriarchal power may rise and move past collective trauma.This is a play-oratorio. It is also a play-drum. This is a Santa Catalina Editions/NoPassport Press publication.