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.
No-one in British theatre had a finer ear for dialogue than Peter Gill (1939-2026). The most meticulous of directors, unfashionably loyal to talent not stardom, he was also a superbly compassionate writer whose charged, emotional plays charted gay sexuality and working-class lives like no other. RIP
We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Welsh playwright and director Peter Gill (1939-2026). Peter was one of British theatre’s quietest masters whose association with the National Theatre stretched back 45 years. https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/news/peter-gill/
thinking about Adrian Howells today. Miss his presence and artistry in the world of performance.
living through grief in times that reject grieving at every turn. my dad just passed away.
when a theatre run by an oligarch pays intern $25 a day for a 40 hour work week. no travel, housing, meals.
“My hope is that […] we can build a postnormal, inclusive and sustainable world and unzip our ‘normal-person suits’ (along with our normal-person monetary imaginations) together.”
Money on the Left@moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 4d agoAin't money weird?
"Young people grow up longing to be a brand because it looks like job security. But there is no security in being post-human. Brands are for cattle, and that’s what the elite want: self-branding cattle, self-selecting fresh meat." Sarah Kendzior with another great article.
Sarah Kendzior@sarahkendzior.bsky.social · last wk.New article! On AI, war, and other bad things: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/quicksand
Sarah Kendzior has the unfortunate habit of being right most of the time.
Sarah Kendzior@sarahkendzior.bsky.social · last wk.
The only research center in the United States focused on disabled parents may close soon due to loss of federal funding. New from me at @motherjones.com. “It is a profound setback for disability rights and family equity.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The only research center for disabled parents is losing federal funding
Staff call it a "profound setback for disability rights and family equity."
motherjones.com
congrats to all the liberal anti-mask covid minimizers who bought into reactionary propaganda instead of facing the reality that we're looking at a future in which masking becomes a regular part of everyday life thanks to climate collapse
mourning the passing of scholar Johanna Fernandez. inspiring, committed thinker on liberation and the tyrannies that refuse it. much to read but start with her book about The Young Lords.
today in pocket theatre, i write abt LAS CHICAS HOLIDAY and the art of writing valentines. open.substack.com/pub/csvich/p...
Las Chicas Holiday
a theatre valentine
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thanks to Annie, Alyssa, Vivia, Daphne, and Marcel for first read of LAS CHICAS HOLIDAY today. maybe one day we do it for real. if the theatre gids say yes. before the end of the world. one can dream.
when the theatre boss makes $400,000 a year and the staff can barely make enough to pay rent
l have written over a hundred plays and thirty translations and I am still waiting
when a theatre says their script selection is democratic yet most shows they produce are commercially enhanced or are outright commercial productions