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Fado
A young singer, Luisa, arrives home to her apartment in Surrey, BC, to find her mother, Rosida, collapsed on the floor, weeping, because the greatest fado singer of all time, Amalia Rodrigues, has died. Luisa realizes she doesn't know how to sing a single Portuguese song, because she and her mother moved outside the community after the death of Luisa's dad. Luisa embarks on a multicultural journey back to Lisbon to reclaim her heritage by learning how to sing fado and retrieve her own true song.
Jane Austen, Action Figure and Other Plays
A collection of thought-provoking, adventurous feminist plays by playwright Elaine Avila that push at theatrical form, explore gender and identity, and human life on this planet. With an introduction by American director Ted Gregory.
Stage Turns
How Canadian theatre artists are challenging traditional theatre practices and reimagining disability on stage.
Hummingbird
When forced to choose a topic for a mandatory high school project, Alex sarcastically says "hummingbirds" because one is hovering outside the window. Alex has no idea that this offhand choice will lead them to uncover hidden family histories in a mysterious journal from the 1860s, find an essential role in a community nest-finding network, open up to a vibrant ecosystem, and learn how a hummingbird disrupted a major pipeline project.
Stages of Resistance: Theatre and Politics in the Capitalocene
"A collection of essays, interviews and reflections on themes related to making work for live performance in political and aesthetic resistance to forms and systems that oppress human rights and censor or severely limit freedom of expression. This book offers thoughtful, polemical articulations of practice and theory on the multiple meanings of political art, and the ways in which progressive, wholistic cultural change may be instigated through artworks."--Back cover.
Fathers
"Fathers" is a true story based on the Avila family legacy. Told from three generations starting with Rosario Avila, the Grandfather of the 1950's. Rosario's sudden death left his son Bobby Ross Avila Sr., devastated and hopeless on a path to self-destruction. The Journey to the Grammys seemed to be impossible for two young Latino men. The Avila Brothers made history in the Urban R&B music industry, and the first to receive 2 Grammys in 2007, announced February 2008. The history behind these two major Hispanic Producers who successfully broke down the barriers and the walls for the less fortunate, and helped open the doors for the ones who lean towards the Urban music highway. The Avila Brothers have focused on their heritage and the history that has followed them both and where their Father and Grandfather came from, the heart of music, now they too, continue the family Legacy.
Innovation in Five Acts
An inspirational sourcebook of innovative techniques for creating theatre, with contributions from experienced playwrights, directors, performers, teachers, dramaturgs, artistic directors and founders. Editor Caridad Svich has gathered forty-one essays from admired theatre professionals in response to a call to write about 'artistic innovation'. Each of them shares the creative challenges and triumphs of developing original works for today's stages. 'With intelligence, thoughtfulness, rigor and wit, author after author offer their considered take on the subject, unlocking new perspectives, unearthing old ones, and in general, doing what artists do best when they are walking on ground they tr...
Addressing the Challenges in Communicating Climate Change Across Various Audiences
This book offers a concrete contribution towards a better understanding of climate change communication. It ultimately helps to catalyse the sort of cross-sectoral action needed to address the phenomenon of climate change and its many consequences. There is a perceived need to foster a better understanding of what climate change is, and to identify approaches, processes, methods and tools which may help to better communicate it. There is also a need for successful examples showing how communication can take place across society and stakeholders. Addressing the challenges in communicating to various audiences and providing a platform for reflections, it showcases lessons learnt from research, field projects and best practices in various settings in various different countries. The acquired knowledge can be adapted and applied to other situations.
Spark
SPARK is a play by Caridad Svich 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.
Upon the Fragile Shore
UPON THE FRAGILE SHORE is a play for four actors by Caridad Svich that explores human rights and environmental issues around the world especially in relationship to human-made tragedies and their aftermath. The play centers on stories from the United States, Nigeria, Syria, Malaysia, sub-Sahara, and Venezuela. Seven interlocking stories. Fourteen characters played by four actors. All of us living on the fragile shore. A play-conversation about tragedy, hope, faith, and who we are as audience.
