The Redbud Community Play Reading Series is a free monthly reading series in which community members and theatre professionals share in the joy of reading plays aloud together.
These unrehearsed readings offer opportunities to appreciate plays written by local playwrights and IU alums, and established plays we may not otherwise be exposed to.
This month’s reading is . . .
MINOTAUR by Caridad Svich
“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.’ Or simply, a day in politics.
MINOTAUR stages the final interview of a former revolutionary turned relic – part political icon, part beast – sustained by the wreckage of their own mythmaking. What does it mean to kill a legend? Who gets to tell the story of empire’s end? How do bodies persist when history forgets them – and how does power survive inside the machines we leave running? Blending myth and political critique, MINOTAUR asks what remains after the spectacle dies.
This play is amplified. This is event theatre.”
This play is recommended for ages 18+.
Caridad Svich is a playwright-poet, screenwriter, lyricist, editor, translator, essayist and educator. They are a 2024 Guggenheim Foundation Fellow in Creative Arts- Drama and Performance Art. They also received the 2023 Flora Roberts Award from The Dramatists Guild, and a 2012 Obie for Lifetime Achievement.
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“[this series] pairs playwrights, actors and audience in a casual group setting that encourages engaging conversations. As a local playwright it can be difficult to find places to share my work within Bloomington. This play reading series has helped to fill that need in the community.”
-Brennen Edwards, local playwright
Performers from the reading of ‘a profoundly affectionate passionate devotion to someone; noun’ by debbie tucker green 
Friends enjoying homemade sancocho at the play reading of ‘Sancocho’ by Christin Eve Cato 
Homemade sancocho for the ‘Sancocho’ reading! 
Performers from the reading of ‘Sancocho’ by Christin Eve Cato 
Performers from the reading of ‘Tragedy: A Tragedy’ 
Performers from the reading of ‘Tragedy: A Tragedy’ 
Audience from the reading of Brennen Edwards’ The Dead Pets Club.
Want to learn more? Email playreading@redbudbooks.org with your questions
This programming is supported by a City of Bloomington Arts Commission Arts Project Grant and a Psi Iota Xi Thrift Shop Grant.
