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Born in Philadelphia, PA. Parents were Cuban-Argentine-Spanish-Croatian.
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Svivh has a large number of awards and plays she has received and done throughout the years.
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It was her first time seeing her play Waterfall being performed. She was just a second-year college student. It had only taken her a few months to write her play in her writing room. -
She earned her Bachelor's in Creative Arts-Performance at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. -
Received her master of Fine Arts in Theatre-Playwriting, the University of California, San Diego. -
she finished her MFA in theatre-playwrighting at UCSD . During this time she also left for New York where she was first a student of María Irene Fornés’ Latino playwrighting workshop, followed by playwright residencies at INTAR, Theater Communications Group, Lake Placid Institute for the Arts, and New Dramatists. Many of her archives can be found University of Miami's Cuban heritage collection in Florida. -
Svich wrote this comic/drama play. It is about two types of couples, who often argue with each other, trying to find sense of a world that makes it difficult to find its meaning. It's reality but also a harsh story of how relationships fall apart. -
Svich teaches students and creates work at Ohio State, as well as study abroad opportunities for students in London theatre and Cuban performance. Part of Svich's archives can be found here. -
Founded the theatre alliance NoPassport (Promotes and publishes creative expressions of diversity and difference). -
This play is based on one of Greek most interesting and emotional tragedy stories and places it in a modern world filled with sex, drugs, and electronic music. Iphigenia is the daughter of a famous political figure who seeks escape from her doomed fate by teaming up with a transgender glam rock star named Achilles. -
The death of a young soldier, who had been killed in a recent war, sends his widow and a community of women left behind, on a journey where the soldier’s ghost, fried chicken, and other mysteries of spirit and nature come together in a search for true grace. -
A group of friends are at an amusement park having a good time going throughout their day. Later on, public tragedy affects them all. -
the alliance launched its imprint NoPassport Press, and Svich became a publisher and editor. She talks briefly in her blog about how NoPassports journey happened, and how self-publishing can help drive change. -
In a gloomy afterlife, Ophelia struggles to come to terms with her past and present. Hamlet's Ophelia was innocent and fragile, but Ophelia is now aware of the harsh reality of the world. -
Featured a profile highlighting her work and career. -
This was Isabel Allende’s landmark novel, made in Spanish. Svich had translated it into English and was going to have it performed at the Denver Theatre Center and Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis later that season. -
Svich was proudly awarded the OBIE Lifetime Achievement in theatre award which is annually given to recognize outstanding theatre productions/artists in New York. -
Svich's play "Guapa" received both the Edgerton Foundation New Play Award and a National New Play Network. This meant she had been given significant recognition for the play within the American theater landscape. -
Roly meets Guapa and very much looks up to her. Guapa joins Rory's family during a time when the family is all down. Guapa tries to re-gain the family's confidence and bring hope into their lives again while Guapa also tries to join the best league in her barrio. -
Svich won this award twice for her plays Spark and Magnificent Waste. This award was sponsored by Arizona Theatre Company. -
Svich released RED BIKE, which is now one of her very well-known plays. It is about our unnamed main character and how they carefully watch the world around them, understanding the limits of their reality, and imagines the possibilities of dreams. The bike serves as both a way to get around and a vehicle for dreams, taking them from one perspective to another, almost like a magic carpet. -
co-artistic director of new works at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York City, for the Lucille Lortel Foundation. -
This was Svich's second independent feature film and was selected at various international independent feature film festivals. -
This award is administered by the Dramatists Guild Foundation, this award is presented to a dramatist in recognition of distinguished work in the theatre and to encourage the continuation of that work. -
Svich was honored to be named a Guggenheim Fellowship recipient. The Guggenheim Fellowship is awarded to individuals who show extraordinary creativity in the arts and aptitude for success in their careers. -
On the first of January, Svich's film FD was finally published after five full years of hard work being put into the process making of this film. Can be viewed on Apple TV, Amazon Prime, and more.