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Luna Park (play)
''Luna Park'' is a play written by Latina-American playwright Caridad Svich in 2005. Commissioned by International High School in San Francisco, CA, the play was first performed as a workshop production in late 2005. Summary The play consists of two acts, the first act taking place "before" the main event of the play and the second act taking place "after" the main event, although the action does not always flow chronologically. In the first act, the characters spend the day at the local amusement park, Luna Park, enjoying themselves. Relationships between Lee, Kayla, Daniel, and Leslie begin to develop, before the park is tragically attacked by some unknown foe. In the process, Cory commits suicide, while the others suffer minor injuries but live. During the second act, the characters attempt to deal with their loss, anger and other emotions, while Lee, Kayla, Daniel, and Leslie follow through with their relationships, Daniel and Leslie become engaged. The play lacks a final res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caridad Svich
Caridad Svich ( ; born July 30, 1963) is a playwright, songwriter/lyricist, translator, and editor who was born in the United States to Cuban-Argentine-Spanish-Croatian parents. Biography A member of the New York's New Dramatists, she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and her Master of Fine Arts at the University of California, San Diego. She has written over forty full-length plays and fifteen translations as well as other short works. Svich has been a guest artist at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh and the Royal Court Theater and has taught playwriting workshops at Paines Plough Theater in London and the US-Cuba Writer's Conference in Havana. Career Caridad Svich is the founder of theatre alliance and publisher NoPassport. Her work has impacted communities of multiple diversities and has responded to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, veterans and their families, survivors of trauma and those committed to artistic expression of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International High School Of San Francisco
International High School of San Francisco (also known as International), is a private school, private co-educational high school in Hayes Valley, San Francisco, California, United States, and part of The International School of San Francisco. Graduates earn either the International Baccalaureate ("IB") or the French Baccalaureate ("French Bac"). The IB curriculum is primarily taught in English, while the French Bac is primarily taught in French. A common misconception is that French is required to attend IHS. This is not true. Non-French speakers follow the IB curriculum. Approximately two-thirds to three-quarters of the students graduate with the IB diploma. (The IB is an internationally recognized degree program, with the fastest growth coming in the United States. Stuart Hall/Convent in San Francisco and Berkeley High School (California), Berkeley High School are two schools in the Bay Area that also offer the IB diploma.) IB and French Bac graduates earn substantial college c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
