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By: Amparo Garcia-Crow What an extraordinary experience I had viewing THRUSH last night. Beginning with Caridad’s layers and layers of intricate, heartbreaking and hysterical (at times) language/song—then Jenny’s masterful placement of it, and most importantly, each of performers, like arrows hitting the bull eye’s of our hearts and imagination! I was mezmerized! If only theatre could be this relevant, this beautiful and full of truthful tragedy,I’d camp out there! (Start a family, give blood and sing in the choir—of its laurels!) Thank you all for fully supporting Caridad’s vision, every one of you shining through with your presence and dedication to every cell and pulse of this work. And Dan—Dr. Dan Dietz, dramaturg extra-ordinare, a maestro himself who equally takes me to such depths when he too pens from this particular well! Congratulations! And everybody else, as in audience, witness and friends: place yourselves in the latitude and “long” ti-tude of this show! Its one of my all time favorite theatrical experiences!Bravo!Amparo Garcia-Crow By: patti hadad Just wanted to thank you for last night's show. I really enjoyed it and it's a shame there weren't more people in the audience to witness it. At an objective standpoint, I still would have recommended this piece. I felt a hopelessness in song for characters who sought love just as much as survival. It reminded me of true times of dirty war (esp. los desaparecidos of Argentina, the mutillation and torture of women, the Spanish cider….), despair enlightened with poetry, melody, and comedy. I was riveted throughout the whole thing.That’s all I wanted to say. By: Luke This play gets into your face and still hooks your sympathy for the characters. Elizabeth as Minerva made me so uncomfortable with her anguish that I squirmed a hole into my seat (sorry, Etta), and Jude (Keck) will get you in the end, too. The set is an eerie version of the world gone wrong, not in some “other” place, but right here in your own comfy country, and the music weaves in and out of the harsh emotions, the tension and release of the strummed chords never quite letting you decide between hope or despair. By: Reza The set design is awesome. The lights are awesome. The costumes are awesome. Man - the whole darn play is awesome.
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[ THRUSH: A Play with Songs, a world premiere by Caridad Svich ]

"But we rise. And keep walking. Somehow..."

"Scenes from war and after... Songs for broken times. A love story and vaudeville of the far and near country. A young woman walks the fields. A young man trails her. The ghost voices of the fallen rise up in ballads, hymns, blues and swing as if torn from roots of mad sorrow."

Thrush explores the world of the displaced and their constant push for survival. A story of refugees and their journey through destruction, deceit, broken expectations and revelation of inner strength and beauty. Using SVT's new warehouse space as a site-specific environment,Thrush creates uplifting moments of the unexpected.

Written by Caridad Svich
Directed by Jenny Larson
Lyrics: Caridad Svich
Music: Adam Sultan

Costumes: Laura Cannon
Sound Design: Buzz Moran & Adam Sultan
Set Design: Leilah Stewart
Light Design: Diana Duecker

Featuring: Kathy Catmull, Jude Hickey, Gina Houston, Jason Newman, Mark Stewart, Adam Sultan and Elizabeth Wakehouse*
*appears courtesy of Actor's Equity Association

CHORUS
Howling boy, I cry.
Burn me. Put me out.
And you burn. Hah.
You stick light on my flesh.
And I close my eyes.
We bleed.
We are crushed.
We fall silent.
But we rise.
And keep walking.
Somehow,
Incognito.
Incognita…

Gina Houston in Thrush. Photo by Christopher Shea.

[ Calendar / Performance Information ]

Admission: Sliding Scale: $12.00 - $35.00

Shows start at 8:00 PM at Salvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor

Directions to Salvage Vanguard Theater:

To get to The Salvage Vanguard Theater take I-35 to the Manor exit. Take Manor east. Pass East Side Cafe. Theater will be on your right hand side before Airport Blvd.

Jude Hickey in Thrush.
Photos by Christopher Shea

October/November 2006 THRUSH performance dates
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31	1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11

By: Amparo Garcia-Crow

By: patti hadad

By: Luke

By: Reza