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2013 Limited Edition Publication from Santa Catalina Editions/NoPassport:   AMERICAN QUARTET by Caridad Svich   Four plays by OBIE-award-winning dramatist Caridad Svich that center on stories of the US' working poor. A tough-minded, lyrical quartet of dramas set in small towns in Texas, Louisiana, North Carolina and the Florida Panhandle - this collection paints a stark, tender portrait of citizens looking for some kind of healing on this here earth. The plays in this limited edition volume are GUAPA, THE WAY OF WATER, SPARK and HIDE SKY. With an introduction by Zac Kline, and essays by Henry Godinez, Heather Helinsky and Caridad Svich.   paperback, print on demand: $18.00 6 X 9   Direct purchase link: http://www.lulu.com/shop/caridad-svich/american-quartet/paperback/product-20684455.html     Santa Catalina Editions/NoPassport www.nopassport.org   Tags: NoPassport Press

2013 Limited Edition Publication from Santa Catalina Editions/NoPassport:   AMERICAN QUARTET by Caridad Svich   Four plays by OBIE-award-winning dramatist Caridad Svich that center on stories of the US' working poor. A tough-minded, lyrical quartet of dramas set in small towns in Texas, Louisiana, North Carolina and the Florida Panhandle - this collection paints a stark, tender portrait of citizens looking for some kind of healing on this here earth. The plays in this limited edition volume are GUAPA, THE WAY OF WATER, SPARK and HIDE SKY. With an introduction by Zac Kline, and essays by Henry Godinez, Heather Helinsky and Caridad Svich.   paperback, print on demand: $18.00 6 X 9   Direct purchase link: http://www.lulu.com/shop/caridad-svich/american-quartet/paperback/product-20684455.html     Santa Catalina Editions/NoPassport www.nopassport.org   Tags: NoPassport Press

New 2013 Title from NoPassport Press:
 
THE IMPORTANCE OF STAYING EARNEST:
WRITINGS FROM INSIDE THE AMERICAN THEATRE, 1988-2013
by Todd London
 
This is an astonishing, indispensable retrospective collection of essays, articles, reviews and reflections on artists by distinguished theatre critic and scholar Todd London, artistic director of New Dramatists. The volume spans writings from 1988-2013 and is collected for the first time. A vital, important anthology for practitioners, scholars, students, and theatre-lovers everywhere.
 
"No one writes about the beauty, import and frustration of theater with the eloquence, warmth and depth of Todd London. In his collection of essays that span a quarter century, he audaciously interrogates and celebrates the medium in equal measure, unafraid to undress our notions about the art and business of theater. This is a collection long in the making, and reflects the wisdom and possessiveness of someone who has dedicated his career to safeguarding the legacy of theatre artists. " -- Lynn Nottage   ISBN: 978-1-300-65504-6
6 X 9 paperback, print on demand
285 pages.
Retail: $20.00
 
Purchase link:
http://www.lulu.com/shop/todd-london/the-importance-of-staying-earnest/paperback/product-20677365.html
 
 
NoPassport Press
Dreaming the Americas Series
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New 2013 Title from NoPassport Press:
 
THE IMPORTANCE OF STAYING EARNEST:
WRITINGS FROM INSIDE THE AMERICAN THEATRE, 1988-2013
by Todd London
 
This is an astonishing, indispensable retrospective collection of essays, articles, reviews and reflections on artists by distinguished theatre critic and scholar Todd London, artistic director of New Dramatists. The volume spans writings from 1988-2013 and is collected for the first time. A vital, important anthology for practitioners, scholars, students, and theatre-lovers everywhere.
 
"No one writes about the beauty, import and frustration of theater with the eloquence, warmth and depth of Todd London. In his collection of essays that span a quarter century, he audaciously interrogates and celebrates the medium in equal measure, unafraid to undress our notions about the art and business of theater. This is a collection long in the making, and reflects the wisdom and possessiveness of someone who has dedicated his career to safeguarding the legacy of theatre artists. " -- Lynn Nottage   ISBN: 978-1-300-65504-6
6 X 9 paperback, print on demand
285 pages.
Retail: $20.00
 
Purchase link:
http://www.lulu.com/shop/todd-london/the-importance-of-staying-earnest/paperback/product-20677365.html
 
 
NoPassport Press
Dreaming the Americas Series
www.nopassport.org Tags: NoPassport Press

New Title for NOPE PRESS   THE FEMALE HEART AND OTHER PLAYS By Linda Faigao Hall     THE FEMALE HEART AND OTHER PLAYS collects for the first time a range of work by pioneering Filipino-American dramatist Linda Faigao-Hall. The plays in this volume are funny, sexy, tragic and resonant as they deal with identity, longing and transculturation. Edited by Randy Gener with preface by scholar Luis Francia and afterword by Ian Morgan.   ISBN: 978-1-300-66055-2 paperback Suggested US Retail: $20.00   NoPassport Press Dreaming the Americas Series www.nopassport.org Tags: NoPassport Press

New Title for NOPE PRESS   THE FEMALE HEART AND OTHER PLAYS By Linda Faigao Hall     THE FEMALE HEART AND OTHER PLAYS collects for the first time a range of work by pioneering Filipino-American dramatist Linda Faigao-Hall. The plays in this volume are funny, sexy, tragic and resonant as they deal with identity, longing and transculturation. Edited by Randy Gener with preface by scholar Luis Francia and afterword by Ian Morgan.   ISBN: 978-1-300-66055-2 paperback Suggested US Retail: $20.00   NoPassport Press Dreaming the Americas Series www.nopassport.org Tags: NoPassport Press

New December 2012 title from NoPassport Press   ASHES OF LIGHT (la luz de un cigarrillo)   by Marco Antonio Rodriguez   ASHES OF LIGHT (a luz de un cigarrillo) is a dynamic, engaging play by Marco Antonio Rodríguez about the struggles and aspirations of a Dominican family in New York City. Written with compassion, humor and honesty, the play is a welcome addition to the vast body of theatre from a new generation of US Latino dramatists.   ISBN: 978-1-300-51058-1 paperback, print on demand $10.00   direct link: http://www.lulu.com/shop/marco-antonio-rodriguez/ashes-of-light/paperback/product-20575150.html     NoPassport Press Dreaming the Americas Series www.nopassport.org Tags: NoPassport Press

New December 2012 title from NoPassport Press   ASHES OF LIGHT (la luz de un cigarrillo)   by Marco Antonio Rodriguez   ASHES OF LIGHT (a luz de un cigarrillo) is a dynamic, engaging play by Marco Antonio Rodríguez about the struggles and aspirations of a Dominican family in New York City. Written with compassion, humor and honesty, the play is a welcome addition to the vast body of theatre from a new generation of US Latino dramatists.   ISBN: 978-1-300-51058-1 paperback, print on demand $10.00   direct link: http://www.lulu.com/shop/marco-antonio-rodriguez/ashes-of-light/paperback/product-20575150.html     NoPassport Press Dreaming the Americas Series www.nopassport.org Tags: NoPassport Press

 

New November 2012 title from Santa Catalina Editions, an imprint of NoPassport:   PLAYS OF LOVE & ENCHANTMENT by Caridad Svich   Astral Yearning, Bliss, Elysium at 3 AM, Slow Fast Walking on the Red Eye, Transmission 0500/To the Blue Peninsula, Turn the Dark Up, Bow Down, This is a Hymn   The six plays in this collection are a series of meditations on love, time, virtuality, and transience in the modern world. They focus mainly on young characters drifting through their lives, and in and out of relationships. These theatre pieces are written as little spells of love. They bristle with both poison and enchantment, as they send their characters into orbit. What they ask, in sometimes ardently pure text, is for a new kind of theatre language to be born- out of and through aspects of love.   paperback ISBN: 978-1-300-42880-0 retail: $20.00   Purchase link: http://www.lulu.com/shop/caridad-svich/caridad-svich-plays-of-love-enchantment/paperback/product-20525324.html

 

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New November 2012 title from Santa Catalina Editions, an imprint of NoPassport:   PLAYS OF LOVE & ENCHANTMENT by Caridad Svich   Astral Yearning, Bliss, Elysium at 3 AM, Slow Fast Walking on the Red Eye, Transmission 0500/To the Blue Peninsula, Turn the Dark Up, Bow Down, This is a Hymn   The six plays in this collection are a series of meditations on love, time, virtuality, and transience in the modern world. They focus mainly on young characters drifting through their lives, and in and out of relationships. These theatre pieces are written as little spells of love. They bristle with both poison and enchantment, as they send their characters into orbit. What they ask, in sometimes ardently pure text, is for a new kind of theatre language to be born- out of and through aspects of love.   paperback ISBN: 978-1-300-42880-0 retail: $20.00   Purchase link: http://www.lulu.com/shop/caridad-svich/caridad-svich-plays-of-love-enchantment/paperback/product-20525324.html

 

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by matthew paul olmos
 
"What ensues is a complex encounter that challenges notions of boundary, safety, identity and what you would do for your family. It's a dissection of difference, of connection, of the borders and barriers we use to distance ourselves, and those dangerous moments when we cross over those borders and barriers.”
--Philip Himberg, Producing Artistic Director, Sundance Theatre Institute   134 pages paperback
retail: $10.00
 
purchase link: http://www.lulu.com/shop/matthew-paul-olmos/i-put-the-fear-of-m%C3%A9xico-inem/paperback/product-20513637.html Tags: NoPassport Press

 

New for October 2012 from Santa Catalina Editions:   ART AND DECADENCE PLAYS (Magnificent Waste, Lulu Ascending, Tilt Heaven) by Caridad Svich   The three plays by OBIE-winning playwright Caridad Svich examine varying aspects of art and decadence through the lens of contemporary visual art, photography, painting, and fashion. MAGNIFICENT WASTE (2012 finalist for PEN Center USA Literary Award in Drama), LULU ASCENDING (a play on Wedekind's Lulu plays) and TILT HEAVEN are acid-dipped views of celebrity culture and consumerism, suffused with a hard ache for the lost souls that inhabit their distinct harsh-lit, emptied worlds of sadness.   ISBN: 978-1-300-34935-8 Paperback: $20.00 purchase link: http://www.lulu.com/shop/caridad-svich/caridad-svich-art-and-decadence-plays/paperback/product-20476643.html   Santa Catalina Editions is an imprint of NoPassport. Tags: NoPassport Press

 

New October 2012 title from NoPassport Press   RED FROGS AND OTHER PLAYS by Ruth Margraff   Afterword by Randy Gener   RED FROGS AND OTHER PLAYS by Ruth Margraff collects three astonishing, thrilling plays: the title play, THE ELEKTRA FUGUES and STADIUM DEVILDARE. Margraff is one of the US' most daring playwright-poets and this collection defies expectations and leaves readers and audiences breathless with wonder.   ISBN: 978-1-300-32500-0 paperback US Retail: $15.00   purchase link: http://www.lulu.com/shop/ruth-margraff/red-frogs-and-other-plays/paperback/product-20462149.html Tags: NoPassport Press

Atomic Age Theater Company in Boston will present a reading of Spark October 30th and 7 pm at Emerson College!

The play will be staged as a reading in coordination with NoPassport. Click here to RSVP: http://atomicagetheater.wix.com/home#!our-season/vstc3=spark

Spark  by Caridad Svich Location: Emerson College Multipurpose Room Date and Time: Oct 30th at 7:00. Directed by Noelle Vinas Run Time: 90 Min   Spark is a play about three sisters living in the messy aftermath of the U.S's recent war in Iraq. It is about what happens when soldiers come home, when women of little economic means must find a way to make do, and the strength, ultimately, of family.   

 

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Atomic Age Theater Company in Boston will present a reading of Spark October 30th and 7 pm at Emerson College!

The play will be staged as a reading in coordination with NoPassport. Click here to RSVP: http://atomicagetheater.wix.com/home#!our-season/vstc3=spark

Spark  by Caridad Svich Location: Emerson College Multipurpose Room Date and Time: Oct 30th at 7:00. Directed by Noelle Vinas Run Time: 90 Min   Spark is a play about three sisters living in the messy aftermath of the U.S's recent war in Iraq. It is about what happens when soldiers come home, when women of little economic means must find a way to make do, and the strength, ultimately, of family.   

 

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We are very excited to announce: Ensemble Free Theater Norway in collaboration with Cummins Theatre in Merredin, Western Australia will read Spark on Nov 11, 2012! Please check out the facebook event at: https://www.facebook.com/events/471563792864129/

NoPassport theatre alliancein association with Ensemble Free Theater Norway present: a reading of SPARK
a new play by Caridad Svich (USA)
directed by Brendan McCall

Obie Award-winning playwright Caridad Svich's play SPARK is about a family of sisters who live in North Carolina, one of whom is a returning veteran from a recent war. 

FREE readings of this play are being made available worldwide during the month of November in time for Veteran’s Day and around the national US elections. The international script reading scheme has been developed to honor US war veterans, shed light on the plight of female veterans in particular, and to raise increased awareness for their stories, by NoPassport theatre alliance & press-- an unincorporated collective dedicated to the advocacy, production and publication of works expressive of cross-cultural and aesthetic diversity in the arts. 

**This event is FREE**

Sunday, 11 November 2012 (USA Veterans Day)
7pm
at the Cummins Theatre
31 Bates Street
Merredin, Western Australia
www.cumminstheatre.com.au

For more information about NoPassport theatre alliance:
www.nopassport.org

For more information about Ensemble Free Theater Norway:
www.ensemblefreetheaternorway.com

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We are very excited to announce: Ensemble Free Theater Norway in collaboration with Cummins Theatre in Merredin, Western Australia will read Spark on Nov 11, 2012! Please check out the facebook event at: https://www.facebook.com/events/471563792864129/

NoPassport theatre alliancein association with Ensemble Free Theater Norway present: a reading of SPARK
a new play by Caridad Svich (USA)
directed by Brendan McCall

Obie Award-winning playwright Caridad Svich's play SPARK is about a family of sisters who live in North Carolina, one of whom is a returning veteran from a recent war. 

FREE readings of this play are being made available worldwide during the month of November in time for Veteran’s Day and around the national US elections. The international script reading scheme has been developed to honor US war veterans, shed light on the plight of female veterans in particular, and to raise increased awareness for their stories, by NoPassport theatre alliance & press-- an unincorporated collective dedicated to the advocacy, production and publication of works expressive of cross-cultural and aesthetic diversity in the arts. 

**This event is FREE**

Sunday, 11 November 2012 (USA Veterans Day)
7pm
at the Cummins Theatre
31 Bates Street
Merredin, Western Australia
www.cumminstheatre.com.au

For more information about NoPassport theatre alliance:
www.nopassport.org

For more information about Ensemble Free Theater Norway:
www.ensemblefreetheaternorway.com

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YOU'RE INVITED TO A FREE
VETERANS DAY READING OF
CARIDAD SVICH'S SPARK

CARIDAD SVICH

LOUIS CANCELMI

MARIN IRELAND

JOCELYN KURITSKY

GLORIA MANN

SCOTT SCHWARTZ The Cherry Lane Theatre, Gloria Mann, TEL and Mannatee Films in collaboration with NoPassport theatre alliance & press present
  SPARK By (2012 Lifetime Achievement OBIE Award) 
Caridad Svich
Directed by Scott Schwartz
Cast includes Louis Cancelmi, Marin Ireland, Jocelyn Kuritsky & Gloria Mann

CHERRY LANE THEATRE
38 Commerce Street, NYC

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11th at 8pm

The reading will be followed by a panel on issues facing female US war veterans.

INDUSTRY RSVPS: sparkplaynyc@gmail.com

SPARK is a play about three sisters living in the US caught in the mess of a recent war’s aftermath. It is about what happens when soldiers come home, when women of little economic means must find a way to make do and carry on, and the strength, ultimately, of family. A contemporary US story of faith, love, war, trauma, and a bit of healing.   CREDITS:
Producer for The Cherry Lane reading:
Gloria Mann, TEL and Mannatee Films Line Producer for SPARK @ NoPassport:
Lanie Zipoy Dramaturg for SPARK @ NoPassport:
Zac Kline Asst. Dramaturg:
Erin Kaplan Consulting Dramaturg:
Heather Helinsky   Script History: SPARK was commissioned by Elaine Avila, Daniel Banks, Raymond Dooley, Amparo Garcia-Crow, Amy Gonzalez, Peter Lichtenfels, Charlotte Meehan, Christi Moore, Flor De Liz Perez, Marisel Polanco, Teresa Perez-Frangie, Otis Ramsey-Zoe, Claudio Raygoza, J.T.Rogers, Meghan Wolf and Tamilla Woodard. The script was developed, in part, through a roundtable at the Lark Play Development Center and at Bristol Riverside Theatre. NoPassport and Caridad Svich are a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas.
  For more information about SPARK visit:http://www.nopassport.org/spark 
and 
http://www.facebook.com/SparkScheme

 

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YOU'RE INVITED TO A FREE
VETERANS DAY READING OF
CARIDAD SVICH'S SPARK

CARIDAD SVICH

MARIN IRELAND

JOCELYN KURITSKY

GLORIA MANN

SCOTT SCHWARTZ The Cherry Lane Theatre, Gloria Mann, TEL and Mannatee Films in collaboration with NoPassport theatre alliance & press present
  SPARK By (2012 Lifetime Achievement OBIE Award) 
Caridad Svich
Directed by Scott Schwartz
Cast includes Marin Ireland, Jocelyn Kuritsky & Gloria Mann

CHERRY LANE THEATRE
38 Commerce Street, NYC

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11th at 8pm
The reading will be followed by a panel on issues facing female US war veterans.

INDUSTRY RSVPS: sparkplaynyc@gmail.com

SPARK is a play about three sisters living in the US caught in the mess of a recent war’s aftermath. It is about what happens when soldiers come home, when women of little economic means must find a way to make do and carry on, and the strength, ultimately, of family. A contemporary US story of faith, love, war, trauma, and a bit of healing.   CREDITS:
Producer for The Cherry Lane reading:
Gloria Mann, TEL and Mannatee Films Line Producer for SPARK @ NoPassport:
Lanie Zipoy Dramaturg for SPARK @ NoPassport:
Zac Kline Asst. Dramaturg:
Erin Kaplan Consulting Dramaturg:
Heather Helinsky   Script History: SPARK was commissioned by Elaine Avila, Daniel Banks, Raymond Dooley, Amparo Garcia-Crow, Amy Gonzalez, Peter Lichtenfels, Charlotte Meehan, Christi Moore, Flor De Liz Perez, Marisel Polanco, Teresa Perez-Frangie, Otis Ramsey-Zoe, Claudio Raygoza, J.T.Rogers, Meghan Wolf and Tamilla Woodard. The script was developed, in part, through a roundtable at the Lark Play Development Center and at Bristol Riverside Theatre. NoPassport and Caridad Svich are a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas.
  For more information about SPARK visit:http://www.nopassport.org/spark 
and 
http://www.facebook.com/SparkScheme

 

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New from NoPassport Press September 2012   ETCHED IN SKIN ON A SUNLIT NIGHT by Kara Lee Corthron   an intense and theatrical drama about lust, culture clash, and betrayal marks the arrival of one of the most exciting new voices in American theatre. The compelling story follows Jules, an African-American painter who has fled the U.S. under ambiguous circumstances and embraced a whole new life and family in Iceland. As Barack Obama’s meteoric presidential campaign makes Jules more homesick than ever, her husband presents their biracial daughter with a shocking present, and a mysterious visitor shows up at Jules’ studio. This whirlwind of events brings the demons of Jules’ past crashing down on her new family and challenges her sense of racial and personal identity. Originally premiered at Interact Theatre in Philadelphia.     ISBN: 978-1-300-19029-5 Retail: $10.00 paperback     purchase link: http://www.lulu.com/shop/kara-lee-corthron/etched-in-skin-on-a-sunlit-night/paperback/product-20386427.html     NoPassport Press www.nopassport.org Tags: NoPassport Press