Performances
For Climate Change Theater Action, “50 professional playwrights, representing all inhabited continents as well as several cultures and Indigenous nations, are commissioned to write five-minute plays about an aspect of the climate crisis based on a prompt.” For CCTA 21, playwrights were asked to write 5-minute plays inspired by “the Green New Deal and its global equivalents.” We have selected the following plays to present.
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(For more information on the specific projects, click their accompanied image).
When by Wren Brian
When by Wren Brian
Realized by Hanna Nyberg '22
When discusses the connections between humans and nature. It contemplates the ways in which humans have affected the earth and how we tend to forget just how much impact we have on other living organisms and their ecosystems.
2079 by Caila Le-Bert
Realized by Cianna Stovall '22
"The system that had made us feel like we had failed had, in fact, failed us and we came together, as never before, to bring it down. Now, in the throes of writing a new constitution we continue, once again, to struggle to keep the power with the people and away from the oligarchy, the 1%."
-Camila Le-Bert
Affirmations by Elena Eli Belyea
Realized by Anne-Sophie Vanderberk '23 & Kate Hoag '23
Affirmations by Elena Belyea is being staged as a collective reading by audience members. This staging allows audience members to make connections and grow a greater appreciation for the land we reside on.
The Penguin by Nicolas Billon
Realized by Mary MacKeen '23
"The Penguin by Nicolas Billon tells the story of a penguin minding his own business in the Antarctic tundra when, suddenly, his pleasant waddling is interrupted by a rather irritating albatross. Earnest, honest, and sure to leave a lasting impression on any audience, The Penguin satirizes climate change denial through allegory and humor."
The Oysters by Miranda Rose Hall
Realized by May Halm '23
The Oysters explores the importance of oysters in our ecosystem, the dangers that they are facing due to the climate crisis and the significance of courage and bravery in the face of danger.
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Performed by May Halm, Hanna Nyberg, Juli Moreira, Erin Einzig and Callan Daniel
