Kora K.

Finalist, 2026 SparkFest, Amphibian Stage, TX
Finalist, 2024 Blue Ink Award, American Blues Theater, Chicago.

A ghost story about the self and the space between truth and fiction. Or the story of a translator.

When a theatre company programmes the latest play by the renowned by reclusive Kora K, their translator is confronted with academics, the audience, their own conscience, and an ethical dilemma. As...

Finalist, 2026 SparkFest, Amphibian Stage, TX
Finalist, 2024 Blue Ink Award, American Blues Theater, Chicago.

A ghost story about the self and the space between truth and fiction. Or the story of a translator.

When a theatre company programmes the latest play by the renowned by reclusive Kora K, their translator is confronted with academics, the audience, their own conscience, and an ethical dilemma. As rehearsals progress, uncomfortable questions arise: where is the line between pure fiction and mere interpretation?

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Kora K.

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  • Amphibian Stage : Kora K.

    “Lyrical & beautifully written… meditates on the relationship between creator/translator, story/author, identity/perception with theatricality. As this play slowly reveals itself, it quietly & pensively asks: to what lengths will someone go to find their footing in arts & letters? How can a creative act like writing bring a loved one back to life? What’s the seed of truth behind the myth? An intimate & provocative piece of theatre.” Recommended by readers & staff for SparkFest ’26.

    “Lyrical & beautifully written… meditates on the relationship between creator/translator, story/author, identity/perception with theatricality. As this play slowly reveals itself, it quietly & pensively asks: to what lengths will someone go to find their footing in arts & letters? How can a creative act like writing bring a loved one back to life? What’s the seed of truth behind the myth? An intimate & provocative piece of theatre.” Recommended by readers & staff for SparkFest ’26.

  • Samuel Langellier: Kora K.

    Spectors and spectators both play their part in Caridad Svich's Liminal Kora K. From by the reverberations of a single meeting, a Translator brings about a myth taken identity in the titular Kora K. never seen nor heard, yet haunting nonetheless.

    Svich's writing is gripping and inventive but leaves space for the audience to recognize their own role in the proceedings, haunted we all are by the phantom presence of another theatre piece in rehearsal.

    Spectors and spectators both play their part in Caridad Svich's Liminal Kora K. From by the reverberations of a single meeting, a Translator brings about a myth taken identity in the titular Kora K. never seen nor heard, yet haunting nonetheless.

    Svich's writing is gripping and inventive but leaves space for the audience to recognize their own role in the proceedings, haunted we all are by the phantom presence of another theatre piece in rehearsal.

The Translator
The Lecturer/Director/Moderator
Audient/Benedict/Jamie
The Actor/Malek

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Orange Tree Theatre, Year 2025

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