Caridad Svich
@csvich.bsky.social
Writer for Performance. 2024 Guggenheim Fellow. Plays: Red Bike, 12 Ophelias, Iphigenia Crash Land Falls.... Film: Fugitive Dreams. Artistic Director of New Play Development at Lortel Theater/NY. Editor at Contemporary Theatre Review/UK. Views mine.
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Caridad Svich
@csvich.bsky.social
· Jul 22
i wrote a little something abt plays. open.substack.com/pub/csvich/p...
I miss when plays were just plays
or not nostalgia but something else
open.substack.com
if you missed it... i started Pocket theatre. here is first post
"imagine, if you will, that money is no object, and that the cast size doesnt matter. all you are looking at is what the play is doing and how it is behaving and thinking through and about space and time."
today in pocket theatre, i write abt big and little plays. open.substack.com/pub/csvich/p...
big and little plays
theatre categories
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:17 AM
"imagine, if you will, that money is no object, and that the cast size doesnt matter. all you are looking at is what the play is doing and how it is behaving and thinking through and about space and time."
when an award winning movie is just architectural digest aesthetic soap opera
January 13, 2026 at 7:14 AM
when an award winning movie is just architectural digest aesthetic soap opera
dear theatre, walk away from the distraction machine
January 13, 2026 at 7:13 AM
dear theatre, walk away from the distraction machine
today in pocket theatre, i write abt big and little plays. open.substack.com/pub/csvich/p...
big and little plays
theatre categories
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:23 AM
today in pocket theatre, i write abt big and little plays. open.substack.com/pub/csvich/p...
when your friend has the flu for ten days and counting, and isnt connecting the dots at all. sadness. heartbreak. this world
January 12, 2026 at 5:19 PM
when your friend has the flu for ten days and counting, and isnt connecting the dots at all. sadness. heartbreak. this world
a very cvd hungry awards gathering
January 12, 2026 at 4:03 AM
a very cvd hungry awards gathering
dear theatre, too much pretending
January 12, 2026 at 3:08 AM
dear theatre, too much pretending
dear theatre, reality and fiction
January 11, 2026 at 7:43 AM
dear theatre, reality and fiction
living through the Great Derangement. waiting for it to pass. someday
January 11, 2026 at 6:06 AM
living through the Great Derangement. waiting for it to pass. someday
mourning the passing of musician Bob Weir of The Grateful Dead. diagnosed with cancer July 2025. an Amazing, spirited performer, legendary road traveler, who inspired so many faithful to the mission and purpose of The Dead's music.
January 11, 2026 at 2:13 AM
mourning the passing of musician Bob Weir of The Grateful Dead. diagnosed with cancer July 2025. an Amazing, spirited performer, legendary road traveler, who inspired so many faithful to the mission and purpose of The Dead's music.
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January 10, 2026 at 7:59 PM
mourning the passing of Tina Packer, founder of Shakespeare & Company. educator, actor, director, influential in shaping training and production of Shax work in the US
January 10, 2026 at 7:23 PM
mourning the passing of Tina Packer, founder of Shakespeare & Company. educator, actor, director, influential in shaping training and production of Shax work in the US
here in live stream theatre opera PRECIPICE. from @lamamaetc.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 7:04 PM
here in live stream theatre opera PRECIPICE. from @lamamaetc.bsky.social
never asked to live in Rhinoceros
January 10, 2026 at 5:22 AM
never asked to live in Rhinoceros
when there is the social justice version of Lean In
January 10, 2026 at 3:52 AM
when there is the social justice version of Lean In
a good day to rewatch Martel's film ZAMA, given everything
January 10, 2026 at 3:49 AM
a good day to rewatch Martel's film ZAMA, given everything
21st century. where even many socialists are neoliberals
January 10, 2026 at 3:26 AM
21st century. where even many socialists are neoliberals
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It's too delicious that Scott Walker would've celebrated a birthday 24 hours after descendant David Bowie. It took a while for me to warm to him, or, rather, cool to him -- the appropriate response. humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2019/10/20/i...
If I joined the social whirl: The best of Scott Walker
In the last two years, peaking after his death, I’ve explored the late Scott Engel’s discography. Lacunae in my knowledge remain: the string of post-Scott 4 albums (‘Til the Band …
humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:53 AM
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Many ways to celebrate Bowie, but one them is go to Tea & Sympathy in New York. A shoebox: nice people (stay on Nicky's right side); good, cheap, simple food; great tea in China pots. Like a Lyons Corner House from the fifties. Bowie rented it for his 50th birthday. Long may they roam.
January 9, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Many ways to celebrate Bowie, but one them is go to Tea & Sympathy in New York. A shoebox: nice people (stay on Nicky's right side); good, cheap, simple food; great tea in China pots. Like a Lyons Corner House from the fifties. Bowie rented it for his 50th birthday. Long may they roam.
when ppl use bell hooks and assata shakur quotes to sell their entrepreneurial management consultancy...
January 10, 2026 at 1:51 AM
when ppl use bell hooks and assata shakur quotes to sell their entrepreneurial management consultancy...
Reposted by Caridad Svich
Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...
Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...
every in person workplace, learning and social interaction in indoor spaces now comes with an unwanted side order of cvd
January 10, 2026 at 12:04 AM
every in person workplace, learning and social interaction in indoor spaces now comes with an unwanted side order of cvd
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★★★★ Review: A Ghost in Your Ear – Jamie Armitage’s new horror play is a slick, jump-scaring masterclass 👇
A Ghost in Your Ear review at the Hampstead Theatre Downstairs, London
Jamie Armitage’s new horror play is a slick, jump-scaring masterclass
www.thestage.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 11:50 PM
★★★★ Review: A Ghost in Your Ear – Jamie Armitage’s new horror play is a slick, jump-scaring masterclass 👇
when a theatre producer says "no one makes this kind of work in the US" to describe an international piece they are presenting, what they are rlly saying is that no one in the US will fund this kind of work
January 9, 2026 at 4:22 PM
when a theatre producer says "no one makes this kind of work in the US" to describe an international piece they are presenting, what they are rlly saying is that no one in the US will fund this kind of work