Caridad Svich

Day for Night with Caridad Svich

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A series where poetry and theatre meet - in the edge-lands, in the wilderness. Hosted by OBIE-winning playwright Caridad Svich.

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Caridad Svich

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S6, Ep 2: aPeeling, take two_Caridad Svich 14.06.2026 25:31

in this episode i return to the podcast with a reading of one of my short pieces aPeeling. first seen in the Something Other blog.

S6, Ep 1: Holdren's "A Letter on Epistemological Breaks..." 11.01.2026 58:38

in this episode I read and reflect upon Nate Holdren's blog piece "A letter on epistemological breaks, morality, and the current conjuncture" originally written/posted on October 18, 2025 as an open source essay.

S5, ep 39: the philosophy teacher speaks, from WAR PAINTING by Caridad Svich 15.09.2025 6:27

an excerpt from a new play of mine called WAR PAINTING.

S5, Ep 38: un-free hugs by Caridad Svich 14.09.2025 6:45

an essay about what the hug can mean in theatre.

S5, ep 37: the money scene by Caridad Svich 14.09.2025 8:12

an essay about when a scene in a play is labelled as a "money" scene.

S5, ep 36: the wilderness by Caridad Svich 14.09.2025 9:20

an essay about what it is like for a writer to be cast off to the wilderness.

S5, ep 35: redacted (in theatre) by Caridad Svich 14.09.2025 6:52

an essay about what happens when theatre self censors.

S5, ep 34: et tu, capitalism? by Caridad Svich 14.09.2025 10:10

an essay on theatre's relationship to capitalism.

S5, ep 33: camp fires by Caridad Svich 14.09.2025 9:12

an essay about storytelling and what the campfire metaphor even means.

S5, ep 32: language games 27.07.2025 9:19

in this episode i read from my essay "language games" where i talk about writing in Spanish and bilingually in an Anglophone theatre.

S5, ep 31: Three card monte or theatre shell game 27.07.2025 8:30

in this episode i read an essay i wrote about theatre, class system and who gets kept in and who gets kept out: "Three card monte or the theatre shell game"

S5, ep 30: I miss when plays were just plays 27.07.2025 11:16

in this episode, i read the first essay from my substack called pocket theatre or slow news from old wars: "I Miss When Plays were just plays."

S5, ep 29: on Andrea Gibson's passing 21.07.2025 29:29

in this episode I read from poet Andrea Gibson's work in honor of their memory. the poems are from their collection YOU BETTER BE LIGHTNING (Button Poetry, 2021), as follows: "Acceptance Speech After Setting the World Record In Goosebumps" "The Year of No Grudges, Or Instead of Writing a Furious Text, I try a Poem" "The Museum of Broken Relationships" "Time P...

S5, ep 28: 40 Questions About a Political Play by Dan O'Brien 20.07.2025 49:28

in this episode I read Dan O'Brien's pamphlet 40 QUESTONS FOR A POLITICAL PLAY. published by Calque Pamphlets. Calquepress. (2025)

S5, Ep 27: Sara Ahmed's A Useful Manifesto 12.07.2025 1:00:59

in this episode I read and reflect upon Sara Ahmed's "A Useful Manifesto" (published July 11, 2025 on their substack feministkilljoys).

S5, ep 26: part two of Tobi Haslett's MAGIC ACTIONS 13.06.2025 38:55

in this episode I read the second half of Tobi Haslett's essay "Magic Actions" (summer 2021, nplusone.mag/issue-40

S5, 25: part one of Tobi Haslett's MAGIC ACTIONS 13.06.2025 48:52

in this episode I read the first half of Tobi Haslett's essay "Magic Actions" (summer 2021, nplusone.mag/issue-40/

S5, Ep 24: from Andy Smith's PLAYS FOR THE PEOPLE 13.06.2025 32:21

in this episode I read from Andy Smith's new collection PLAYS FOR THE PEOPLE (June 2025, INK Concrete Pub).

S5, ep 23: from Can I Live? by Fehinti Balogun and Complicite. from TRANSMEDIA THEATRE PLAYS. 01.06.2025 20:41

in this episode, i read from Fehinti Balogun's CAN I LIVE? which was originally presented by Complicite theatre as a digitally touring film. the text is published by TRANSMEDIA THEATRE PLAYS which I edited for Methuen Drama (2025).

S5, Ep 22: A Chronically Ill Earth by Violet Affleck 20.05.2025 17:56

in this episode I read Violet Affleck's powerful personal essay "A Chronically Il Earth" published May 18, 2025 in Yale Global Health Review.

S5, Ep 21: Theatre in the Digital Age by Caridad Svich 20.05.2025 45:55

in this episode I read the introduction to my new book Transmedia Theatre Plays (Methuen Drama, 2025).

S5, ep 20: Paper Pills and Mother from Anderson's WINESBURG OHIO 18.05.2025 24:52

in this episode I read the stories "Paper Pills" and "Mother" from Sherwood Anderson's WINESBURG, OHIO (1919)

s5, Ep 19: The Book of Grotesques and Hands from WINESBURG OHIO by Sherwood Anderson 18.05.2025 24:48

in this episode, i start reading Sherwood Anderson's WINESBURG, OHIO (1919). The first piece called "The Book of Grotesques" and "Hands."

S5, ep 18: excerpt from A.V. Marraccini's WE THE PARASITES 18.05.2025 11:08

in this episode i read an excerpt from A.V. Marraccini's WE THE PARASITES (Sublunary Editions, 2023).

S5, ep 17: from Anne Boyer's Handbook of Disappointed Fate and more 18.05.2025 43:39

in this episode I read from Lizzie Olesker and Lynne Sachs' HAND BOOK: A MANUAL ON PERFORMANCE, PROCESS AND THE LABOR OF LAUNDRY (Punctum Books, 2025) and Anne Boyer's A HANDBOOK OF DISAPPOINTED FATE (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2018).