On Friday, February 22, 2019 Caridad Svich will lead a free Intro to Playwighting class for Frequency Writers as part of the Dramatists Guild Foundation’s Traveling Masters program. This class will be held at Ada Books from 6:00 to 8:00 pmCaridad Svich received the 2012 OBIE for Lifetime Achievement and a 2018 Tanne Foundation Award, as well as the Ellen Stewart Award for Career Achievement in Professional Theatre from ATHE. Her play RED BIKE is the recipient of an NNPN Rollling World Premiere. She also received an NNPN rolling world premiere and a 2012 Edgerton Foundation New Play Award for her play GUAPA, a 2011 American Theatre Critics Association Primus Prize for THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS (based on Isabel Allende’s novel), and has twice won the National Latino Playwriting Award, including in the year 2013 for her play SPARK. Key works include 12 OPHELIAS, ALCHEMY OF DESIRE/DEAD-MAN’S BLUES, ANY PLACE BUT HERE, FUGITIVE PIECES, IPHIGENIA CRASH LAND FALLS ON THE NEON SHELL THAT WAS ONCE HER HEART and JARMAN (all this maddening beauty). She is also a theatrical translator, chiefly known for translations of the plays of Federico Garcia Lorca.
Workshop is free, but registration is required, as enrollment is limited to 12 participants.
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