Imagine there is a playwright with the rhythm, the cadence, the music of Samuel Beckett
Who is the anti-Beckett
Where Beckett is loneliness, despair, plunging into the abyss,
Caridad Svich in TOWN HALL is about connection, memory, hope.
As a play it is a proposal for a ceremony or interactive liturgy.
Yes, the audience is involved, but not forced to perform
Or to react in any particular way,
But only to be present.
Given the playwright's creativity in the digital medium, it would be interesting to see it reconceived for that format.
A profound act of healing.

I desperately want be in the audience for a performance of this work. Absolutely different and challenging, this work places the audience as a central force, rather than passive spectator. Caridad Svich has created something that feels breathing and alive in the moment, but also timeless in its themes. Brilliant.

It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Caridad Svich and their play Town Hall as a finalist for our 2017 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one of 55 finalists out of more than 1,300 submissions, the strength of its writing has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process. Our readers especially responded to how this non-linear piece physically explores deeply political moments and broader human questions of what it means to be in this space together.