MINOTAUR

by Caridad Svich

FMM Longlist Prize for Works in Heightened Language from Synecdoche Works, 2023-2024.
https://www.synecdocheworks.org

The last recording of the ghost story of empire. A fever dream. An encounter with a beast in exile, fallen and re-fallen from 'grace.' A poem-play in epic, mythic swaggering rock n'roll mode with a flourish of drag. This play is amplified. This is event theatre.

FMM Longlist Prize for Works in Heightened Language from Synecdoche Works, 2023-2024.
https://www.synecdocheworks.org

The last recording of the ghost story of empire. A fever dream. An encounter with a beast in exile, fallen and re-fallen from 'grace.' A poem-play in epic, mythic swaggering rock n'roll mode with a flourish of drag. This play is amplified. This is event theatre.

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MINOTAUR

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  • Aly Kantor: MINOTAUR

    I love the lusciously languid, painfully prescient, decadently language-rich world of this play. I find myself fascinated and inspired by the simple theatricality of the amplification and the ways creatives could use it as a basis for staging this fever dream — live sampling, perhaps? I was fully engaged in the act of seeking out the intersection between the foreign and the familiar and placing myself and my loved ones in the labyrinth. The words do so much work so effortlessly. Gorgeous.

    I love the lusciously languid, painfully prescient, decadently language-rich world of this play. I find myself fascinated and inspired by the simple theatricality of the amplification and the ways creatives could use it as a basis for staging this fever dream — live sampling, perhaps? I was fully engaged in the act of seeking out the intersection between the foreign and the familiar and placing myself and my loved ones in the labyrinth. The words do so much work so effortlessly. Gorgeous.

  • Brian James Polak: MINOTAUR

    With MINOTAUR Caridad Svich reminds me of her status as the great poet-playwright of our time. Full of wry humor (a fever dream as described) and emotionally packed, this play has me reflecting on the space I occupy and the others who this space with me both seen and unseen, recognized and unrecognized. I'm minotaur, you're minotaur, and we're all at the center of a labyrinth. Caridad continues to reveal an uncanny ability to craft narrative that washes over me, leaving me haunted and inspired.

    With MINOTAUR Caridad Svich reminds me of her status as the great poet-playwright of our time. Full of wry humor (a fever dream as described) and emotionally packed, this play has me reflecting on the space I occupy and the others who this space with me both seen and unseen, recognized and unrecognized. I'm minotaur, you're minotaur, and we're all at the center of a labyrinth. Caridad continues to reveal an uncanny ability to craft narrative that washes over me, leaving me haunted and inspired.

Character Information

  • Minotaur
    captivating, bewitching, bad glamour political epic beast. dexterous with language. a spinner of tales. a spinner of selves.
    Character Age
    30s-up
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any Race/Ethnicity
    Character Gender Identity
    Any gender
  • Ari
    Minotaur's former lover, wily figure, patient, seeking a new order.
    Character Age
    30s-up
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any Race/Ethnicity
    Character Gender Identity
    Any gender
  • Pen
    warrior type, has some tricks up their sleeve, has some stories to tell, seeking a new world order but beholden to the past
    Character Age
    30s-up
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any Race/Ethnicity
    Character Gender Identity
    Any gender

Awards

  • FMM: Longlist Prize for Works in Heightened Language
    Synecdoche Works
    Finalist
    2024