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A Class with Caridad Svich

7/5/2018

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Thanks to Scriptworks I took a class with an amazing playwright Caridad Svich.  For those of you who may not know, Caridad Svich is a badass playwright whose work has been on national and international stages.  Don't take my word for it check the bio.  In addition to teaching the class, Caridad penned a play along side us (who does that?! She is amazing right). 

The class took us through writing a quick draft of a piece.  Each week we would turn in pages of our play and she would give us pointers and advice.   I took the class last year and I felt like I was a bit more focused this time around.  I had a goal to get a draft of  a play that I'd been working on since I traveled to Mexico City this Spring.  

My play was a 30 page romantic comedy called Felices de Los Cuarto about love triangle amongst four friends, two of which are getting married in 3 days.  I don't know if I'll circle back to the piece later because sometimes you write plays because you are a writer.  Not to have them seen.  Writing is a muscle.  But you never know. 

All in all, I am grateful for Christi Moore and Scriptworks granting me a scholarship to take part in playwright enrichment this year.   I really enjoy being a part of Scriptworks because it makes me feel like a real playwright.  The newsletters (Shout out to Member Whip Max), professional development opportunities and community of playwrights gettin' it.   It makes me wish I were in Austin again.  

But Houston and Austin have both been good to me.  Also, I won a grant from Scriptworks to put on a developmental reading of my play Delivery that was a part of their reading series.   I hope you can make it!  
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