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
waiting impatiently for theatres to listen to aerosol engineers
November 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
waiting impatiently for theatres to listen to aerosol engineers
it should be No Kings every day
November 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
it should be No Kings every day
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Samuel Beckett to Alan Schneider on the death of Schneider's father, also 1963 -
November 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Samuel Beckett to Alan Schneider on the death of Schneider's father, also 1963 -
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Many Rivers, Jimmy. Rest Easy
Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff dies, aged 81
Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff dies, aged 81
November 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Many Rivers, Jimmy. Rest Easy
Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff dies, aged 81
Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff dies, aged 81
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Jimmy Cliff is dead. That of which we cannot speak we must pass over in silence. (Top man.)
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Jimmy Cliff is dead. That of which we cannot speak we must pass over in silence. (Top man.)
dear theatre, stranger times
November 25, 2025 at 7:10 AM
dear theatre, stranger times
67,386 new cvd cases this past week in the US. while leaders and enablers continue to do nothing.
November 25, 2025 at 3:21 AM
67,386 new cvd cases this past week in the US. while leaders and enablers continue to do nothing.
its 2025. machines are spitting stories, pesticides are being allowed to contaminate food, ppl are welcoming infectious diseases happily, the dept of education has been shut down, there are 52,000 flights in the air tomorrow during climate crisis, and insurrectionists are running the corp-nation.
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
its 2025. machines are spitting stories, pesticides are being allowed to contaminate food, ppl are welcoming infectious diseases happily, the dept of education has been shut down, there are 52,000 flights in the air tomorrow during climate crisis, and insurrectionists are running the corp-nation.
some of us were nominated for the Blackburn. we still dream. (i was this year). all best to all.
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
some of us were nominated for the Blackburn. we still dream. (i was this year). all best to all.
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R.I.P. Udo Kier (1944—2025)
November 24, 2025 at 12:55 AM
R.I.P. Udo Kier (1944—2025)
dear theatre, at odds
November 24, 2025 at 7:37 AM
dear theatre, at odds
if only capitalism pushed clean air as aggressively as it does Black Friday retail 'deals'
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
if only capitalism pushed clean air as aggressively as it does Black Friday retail 'deals'
very 🤔 to see many yt chorus members in this opera playing/signifying as Asian
November 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
very 🤔 to see many yt chorus members in this opera playing/signifying as Asian
i love how in opera, ppl sing exposition and no one seems to have problem with it
November 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
i love how in opera, ppl sing exposition and no one seems to have problem with it
here in on demand world premiere opera from San Francisco Opera: THE MONKEY KING
November 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
here in on demand world premiere opera from San Francisco Opera: THE MONKEY KING
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Why is the priority of the economy not to house the homeless and ensure everyone has good healthcare?
November 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Why is the priority of the economy not to house the homeless and ensure everyone has good healthcare?
so much talk about TRAIN DREAMS film when FIRST COW is right there
November 23, 2025 at 7:46 AM
so much talk about TRAIN DREAMS film when FIRST COW is right there
dear theatre, stay sharp
November 23, 2025 at 6:11 AM
dear theatre, stay sharp
"can we talk about care in the theatre or does the industry's extractive apparatus - of artists and audiences - override caring?"
today in pocket theatre, i write abt art making and audience care.
open.substack.com/pub/csvich/p...
open.substack.com/pub/csvich/p...
soul's brevity
theatre between extremes
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"can we talk about care in the theatre or does the industry's extractive apparatus - of artists and audiences - override caring?"
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The bear necessities: here are the genius team bringing little Paddington to life on stage through a super-svelte mix of performance and puppetry, plus the brilliant Toby Olié and Basil Twist on why puppetry can be so profound: ‘puppetry is empathy’. on.ft.com/3XL0HR0
How Paddington became a living, breathing, sneezing stage performer
From darkest Peru to TV, film and now a London musical — meet the puppeteers bringing Michael Bond’s much-loved bear to life
on.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The bear necessities: here are the genius team bringing little Paddington to life on stage through a super-svelte mix of performance and puppetry, plus the brilliant Toby Olié and Basil Twist on why puppetry can be so profound: ‘puppetry is empathy’. on.ft.com/3XL0HR0
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💃 It’s Hedda’s final performance tonight! Huge congratulation to our incredible cast, creatives and crew for an amazing run.
📺 Missed it? The full show streams worldwide next Tue–Fri via OT On Screen.
🔗 https://orangetreetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/hedda-on-screen/
📺 Missed it? The full show streams worldwide next Tue–Fri via OT On Screen.
🔗 https://orangetreetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/hedda-on-screen/
November 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
💃 It’s Hedda’s final performance tonight! Huge congratulation to our incredible cast, creatives and crew for an amazing run.
📺 Missed it? The full show streams worldwide next Tue–Fri via OT On Screen.
🔗 https://orangetreetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/hedda-on-screen/
📺 Missed it? The full show streams worldwide next Tue–Fri via OT On Screen.
🔗 https://orangetreetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/hedda-on-screen/
dear theatre, missing you
November 22, 2025 at 7:29 AM
dear theatre, missing you
where r the 🐈🐈🐈 here?
November 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM
where r the 🐈🐈🐈 here?
if only AFTER THE HUNT was abt Michael Stuhlbarg's character... he is in his own far more eccentric film
November 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM
if only AFTER THE HUNT was abt Michael Stuhlbarg's character... he is in his own far more eccentric film
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The older I get I see the shape of the play like a physical object. I don't need to see the whole shape at once but I need to feel like there's more discover, if that makes sense. A beginning then a shadow of a middle. If there's a shadow of a middle then I can get to the end.
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The older I get I see the shape of the play like a physical object. I don't need to see the whole shape at once but I need to feel like there's more discover, if that makes sense. A beginning then a shadow of a middle. If there's a shadow of a middle then I can get to the end.