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
y los gatos 🐈🐈🐈 hoy?
December 27, 2025 at 7:26 AM
y los gatos 🐈🐈🐈 hoy?
dear theatre, askance
December 27, 2025 at 7:26 AM
dear theatre, askance
mourning the passing of musician Perry Bamonte of The Cure. brilliant sonic artist.
December 27, 2025 at 1:23 AM
mourning the passing of musician Perry Bamonte of The Cure. brilliant sonic artist.
daily reminder that military strikes and other acts of war power are ecocidal
December 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
daily reminder that military strikes and other acts of war power are ecocidal
still wondering how and why the examination of queer and mostly yt masculinity seemingly became the default of most US gay theatre
December 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
still wondering how and why the examination of queer and mostly yt masculinity seemingly became the default of most US gay theatre
dear theatre, a glance
December 26, 2025 at 7:52 AM
dear theatre, a glance
watching the absolute gem that is the film CHRISTMAS EVE IN MILLER'S POINT streaming
December 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
watching the absolute gem that is the film CHRISTMAS EVE IN MILLER'S POINT streaming
when a director bad mouths an actor during their rehearsal
December 26, 2025 at 3:57 AM
when a director bad mouths an actor during their rehearsal
Reposted by Caridad Svich
In a different way this is equally beautiful to Stephen King’s eulogy for Rob Reiner. The right people really loved him. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/o...
Opinion | Martin Scorsese: ‘Rob Reiner Was My Friend’
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:05 AM
In a different way this is equally beautiful to Stephen King’s eulogy for Rob Reiner. The right people really loved him. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/o...
happy holidays to Snoops and Jami @publicradionerd.bsky.social 🧸♥️🐾⚽🎄🍾
December 26, 2025 at 12:53 AM
happy holidays to Snoops and Jami @publicradionerd.bsky.social 🧸♥️🐾⚽🎄🍾
red bike day
courtesy of a friend ♥️
courtesy of a friend ♥️
December 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
red bike day
courtesy of a friend ♥️
courtesy of a friend ♥️
the usa was in afghanistan for 20 years but you wouldn't know it from most of the contemporary plays produced on US stages.
December 25, 2025 at 5:38 AM
the usa was in afghanistan for 20 years but you wouldn't know it from most of the contemporary plays produced on US stages.
Reposted by Caridad Svich
Renowned Palestinian actor and director Mohammad Bakri has died at 72.
Born in Biina, Galilee, he survived the Nakba and spent 40+ years exposing Israeli oppression through film, appearing in 43 works including his banned documentary Jenin, Jenin.
Rest in power.
Born in Biina, Galilee, he survived the Nakba and spent 40+ years exposing Israeli oppression through film, appearing in 43 works including his banned documentary Jenin, Jenin.
Rest in power.
December 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Renowned Palestinian actor and director Mohammad Bakri has died at 72.
Born in Biina, Galilee, he survived the Nakba and spent 40+ years exposing Israeli oppression through film, appearing in 43 works including his banned documentary Jenin, Jenin.
Rest in power.
Born in Biina, Galilee, he survived the Nakba and spent 40+ years exposing Israeli oppression through film, appearing in 43 works including his banned documentary Jenin, Jenin.
Rest in power.
a very cvd-y vatican christmas
December 25, 2025 at 5:23 AM
a very cvd-y vatican christmas
the family drama play is the rubicon that seemingly every US playwright must cross in order to achieve "legitimacy"
December 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
the family drama play is the rubicon that seemingly every US playwright must cross in order to achieve "legitimacy"
to those that celebrate it, merry Christmas, Happy Yule. toward an anti-ableist, anti-capitalist, honest world. and may the cats thrive too. 🐈♥️🎄
a black cat is looking out a window at christmas
ALT: a black cat is looking out a window at christmas
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
to those that celebrate it, merry Christmas, Happy Yule. toward an anti-ableist, anti-capitalist, honest world. and may the cats thrive too. 🐈♥️🎄
dear theatre, nuclear
December 24, 2025 at 7:10 AM
dear theatre, nuclear
thinking abt when Fornes told me that her most fiscally successful plays (producer at high profile houses) were those abt the middle class
December 24, 2025 at 6:16 AM
thinking abt when Fornes told me that her most fiscally successful plays (producer at high profile houses) were those abt the middle class
when ai search (incorrectly) says that Wally Shawn wrote Little Bear Ridge Road.
December 24, 2025 at 5:38 AM
when ai search (incorrectly) says that Wally Shawn wrote Little Bear Ridge Road.
slow decadent culture
December 24, 2025 at 5:04 AM
slow decadent culture
some plays of mine that are waiting:
Clara Thomas Bailey
Chelsea & Ivanka
Amy and Speck
The Brick
Future Emergencies
Human Interest Story
How it Ends
The Next 100 Years
Bad English
Happy
Juliet in Time
Swans, Meridian
Kora K
Em and Dash
Minotaur
the () feeling
War Painting
Clara Thomas Bailey
Chelsea & Ivanka
Amy and Speck
The Brick
Future Emergencies
Human Interest Story
How it Ends
The Next 100 Years
Bad English
Happy
Juliet in Time
Swans, Meridian
Kora K
Em and Dash
Minotaur
the () feeling
War Painting
December 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
some plays of mine that are waiting:
Clara Thomas Bailey
Chelsea & Ivanka
Amy and Speck
The Brick
Future Emergencies
Human Interest Story
How it Ends
The Next 100 Years
Bad English
Happy
Juliet in Time
Swans, Meridian
Kora K
Em and Dash
Minotaur
the () feeling
War Painting
Clara Thomas Bailey
Chelsea & Ivanka
Amy and Speck
The Brick
Future Emergencies
Human Interest Story
How it Ends
The Next 100 Years
Bad English
Happy
Juliet in Time
Swans, Meridian
Kora K
Em and Dash
Minotaur
the () feeling
War Painting
when theatres tell you they cant do work that is playful...
December 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
when theatres tell you they cant do work that is playful...
dear theatre, the how and what
December 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
dear theatre, the how and what
here in the 🗑️ years
December 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
here in the 🗑️ years
another highlight of my theatre year: workshop of MiNOTAUR at Culture Hub @lamamaetc.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 5:04 AM
another highlight of my theatre year: workshop of MiNOTAUR at Culture Hub @lamamaetc.bsky.social