Day for Night with Caridad Svich

In this episode, I read a section from work in progress BAD ENGLISH.

In this episode I read the opening scene from Sam Shepard's play THE UNSEEN HAND (1971). The version I read from is published by Alexander Street Press in their 20th Century American Drama collection.

opening and chapter one from Dan O'Brien's memoir FROM SCARSDALE published by Dalkey Archive Press, 2023.

episode in which I read A.V. Marraccini's HEPHAESTUS CONTRA THE IT GIRL: A Manifesto.

Marraccini's piece was originally published on April 19, 2024 on Medium.

an interview with Caridad Svich conducted by Conrad Alexandrowicz and David Fancy from their book THEATRE PEDAGOGY IN THE ERA OF CLIMATE CRISIS. Published by Routledge (2021).

in this episode I read my essay "The Five Elements" from the book LATINX ACTOR TRAINING edited by Cynthia Santos DeCure and Micha Espinosa. Published by Routledge (2023).

In this episode I read my essay "In a Shakespearean key" from the book SHAKESPEARE AND LATINIDAD edited by Trevor Boffone and Carla Della Gatta (Edinburgh University Press, 2021).

On the day of the announcement of his passing, I read Edward Bond's introduction to the book FIFTY PLAYWRIGHTS ON THEIR CRAFT, which Caroline Jester and I wrote. Published by Methuen Drama in 2018.

On poet Lynn Hejinian's passing, I read excerpt from their 1983 essay "The Rejection of Closure" and excerpt from their book My Life (published by Wesleyan University Press). A consideration of form, time, consciousness, its mapping and some words too on capitalism, product and art.

in this episode, I read from a 2002 work in progress by poet/playwright Mac Wellman. The piece is titled "On Negligible Perfection." It was published in TheatreForum international theatre journal Issue 20 Winter/Spring 2002.

excerpt from work-in-progress BAD ENGLISH by Caridad Svich

S4, Ep 1: excerpt from the radio drama A HISTORY OF PAPER (2016) by Oliver Emanuel. In memory of Emanuel's passing in December 2023.

S3, Ep 39: reading from work in progress by Caridad Svich. It is untitled but told through a mythic lens of Minotaur, or so we think? And also reading from excerpt of short story "Taxi Driver" by Tim Etchells from his collection ENDLAND (And Stories Press, 2019).

Episode 38: excerpt from the play THE NICEST BODY EVER SEEN AROUND THESE PARTS by Josep Maria Miro, translated by Sharon Feldman, read by Caridad Svich.

In this episode, Caridad Svich reads their performance text AN ACORN (version 2020, from 2017-2018).

The piece is published by NoPassport Press, and is part of the trilogy that includes the pieces TOWN HALL and THEATRE: A LOVE STORY.

in this episode I read a section from my play MEMORIES OF OVERDEVELOPMENT and the opening of a new work in progress currently titled SWANS

S3, Ep 35: 2nd excerpt - the Coral scene - from PRODIGAL KISS by Caridad Svich.

In this episode, I read from and talk about my play PRODIGAL KISS, and the heartbreak of theatre.

essay from early 2000s "Embracing the Fragile" by Caridad Svich.

cw: the excerpt contains difficult subject matter.

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S3, Ep 32: excerpt from the opening of Christopher Brett Bailey's performance piece THIS IS HOW WE DIE published by Oberon Books in 2014.

S3, Ep 31: excerpt from the book DISOBEDIENT THEATRE by Chris Johnston. Published by Bloomsbury Drama, 2017.

S3, Ep 30: excerpt from the play BOXING 2000 by Richard Maxwell. published by TCG in 2004 in the collection plays 1996-2000.

S3, Ep 29: excerpt from the Austin section of THE FUTURE SHOW by Deborah Pearson. Published by Oberon Modern Plays in 2015. with mentions of Action Hero, Kieran Hurley, Bryony Kimmings, Austin's Fusebox Festival, and more.

"Finding hope in a time of despair" by Jo Clifford.

from their substack The Light Inside. this piece was posted on August 2nd, 2023.

excerpt from untitled new work in progress by Caridad Svich.

Excerpt from the chapter titled "Ambition" from the book MY TRADE IS MYSTERY by Carl Phillips. (Yale University Press, 2022).

Excerpt from the Introduction to CERTAIN FRAGMENTS by Tim Etchells read by Caridad Svich, and some thoughts on theatre in response. CERTAIN FRAGMENTS is published by Taylor and Francis (1999).

Excerpt from the performance text THE FUTURE SHOW by Deborah Pearson. This excerpt is from the section titled "Lisbon." The play is published by Oberon Modern Plays, Bloomsbury Drama, 2015.

this is a one take recording of excerpts from Book Three and Book Four of THE DESCENT OF ALETTE by Alice Notley. read by Caridad Svich

excerpt from the beginning of Book Two of THE DESCENT OF ALETTE by Alice Notley. read by Caridad Svich.

S3, Ep 21: excerpt from new writing, untitled Hundred Year epic for performance by Caridad Svich. (2023)

S3, Ep. 20: Caridad Svich reads excerpt from the opening of Book One of THE DESCENT OF ALETTE by Alice Notley (reading from 2014 reprint, originally published 1996, Penguin Books). In THE DESCENT OF ALETTE, Alette is in an underworld that will take her on a journey of transformation as she seeks to confront the Tyrant and heal the world.

S3, Ep 19: scene 9 from JULIET IN TIME by Caridad Svich.

S3, Ep. 18: The Theatre of Good Intentions by Mac Wellman (1984) read by Caridad Svich

S3, Ep. 17: excerpt from lost play (dated 2006 draft) VERBATIM by Caridad Svich.

S3, Ep 16: in process new writing Juliet in Tyme by Caridad Svich

S3, Ep 15: untitled new writing for a play ( a scene between M, JT and Bet and Jen) by Caridad Svich

S3, Ep 14: excerpts in Spanish and English from a lost project MI CUBA by Caridad Svich. perhaps one day to be revived.

S3, Ep 13: two scenes from new piece The Left by Caridad Svich.

S3, Ep. 12: mini lecture on poetry (part two) by Caridad Svich. originally created for an Intro to Literature class.

S3, Ep. 11: mini-lecture on poetry (part one) by Caridad Svich. originally created for an Intro to Literature course.

S3, Ep. 10: mini-lecture on writing plays, working with themes and schemes by Caridad Svich. originally created for an Intro to Literature course.

S3, Ep. 9: mini-lecture on writing plays and dialogue by Caridad Svich. originally created for an Intro to Literature course.

S3, Ep. 8: "Broken Sociality" by Nate Holdren, read by Caridad Svich.

this article was originally published online in Peste magazine on February 21, 2023.

S3, Ep. 7: untitled new writing by Caridad Svich with a false opening/ending as prelude.

S3, Ep. 6: "To Live in the Ending" by Alyssa Harad, read by Caridad Svich.

Harad's essay was originally published in The Kenyon Review (July/August 2022).

S3, Ep. 5: untitled new writing by Caridad Svich.

S3, Ep. 4: scene three from HUMAN INTEREST STORY by Caridad Svich.

S3, Ep. 3: informal lecture from Caridad Svich on patterning and its effects on writing.

S3, Ep. 2: informal lecture from Caridad Svich about filmmaker Tarkovsky's thoughts on time and the world in relation to drama.