THE TIME IS NOW: CLIMATE CHANGE THEATRE ACTION
Wed, Sept 17 @7PM
Climate Change Theatre Action is a global festival of short plays about the climate crisis that brings communities together to take local and global action on climate. The title for this year’s festival “The Time Is Now” is both a call to action and a reminder to stay connected to the present moment – an ultimatum and the promise of a new beginning.
50 stellar playwrights were commissioned to write 5-minute plays inspired by sci-fi author Octavia Butler’s journal entry “All Good Things Must Begin.” Curators Luciana Fernandes, Lois Anderson, Daniela Atiencia, and Sarah Rodgers selected 12 of the 50 plays for an evening of theatre, climate change speakers and desserts.
Co-produced by Touchstone Theatre and United Players.
ARTISTS
FEATURED PIECES
Brackendale by Elaine Avila
The Donation by Jordan Hall
Space Cat by Lewis Heatherington
Single Use by Marcia Johnson
The Penguins by Elspeth Tielly
The Polar Bears by Nicolas Bilon
Eat the Rich by Tira Palmquist
Not Because We Were Good by Chris Thorpe
Ranger by Yvette Nolan
Steamy Session in a Singaporean Spa by Damon Chua
Absolutely Nothing of Any Meaning by Sunny Drake
Gaia by Hiro Kanagawa
DIRECTORS
Luciana Fernandes
Daniela Atiencia
Sarah Rodgers
with Lois Anderson
PERFORMERS
Akshaya Pattanayak
Mehdi Lamrini
Cassie Unger
Robert Barlow
Nico Pante
Jessie Liang
Joel Wirkkunen
Sewit Eden Haile
OPENING WORDS & SPEAKERS
OPENING WORDS
Tasha Faye Evans is a dancer, theatre artist, creative consultant, cultural programmer, and educator from Coast Salish, Welsh and European-Jewish grandparents. Her work is an integration of dance, theatre and culture driven by the sacred responsibility to care for the future of all our relations. Her dance practice is directly related to the land and the cultural teachings of the Ancestor’s Eye, a symbol of Coast Salish design and a core teaching of our culture.
Learn More about Tasha at https://tashafayeevans.com/
SPEAKER
Holly Caggiano | Climate Justice UBC
Holly Caggiano is an Assistant Professor of Climate Justice and Environmental Planning at the University of British Columbia’s School of Community and Regional Planning, where she leads the PLACE Lab. She is also an affiliate faculty member at the Centre for Climate Justice and the Clean Energy Research Centre, and a member of the Solar Energy for Net Zero Research Excellence Cluster.
Holly’s research examines the social dimensions of climate transitions in the United States and Canada, drawing on interdisciplinary social science theories and methods. Her work is often community-engaged and grounded in collaboration with people most affected by climate change and the policies designed to address it.
Learn More about Holly Caggiano: https://hollycaggiano.com/
Learn More about Climate Justice UBC: https://www.climatejusticeubc.org/
SPEAKER
Christianne Wilhelmson | Ecojustice Canada
Christianne (she/her) joined Ecojustice in September 2024 as project lead for our biodiversity law project. She has a decades long career in conservation at Georgia Strait Alliance, initially as a campaigner, where she led the successful campaigns to bring sewage treatment to Victoria and to increase protection for Southern Resident orcas. She then led the organization as Executive Director with a focus on strategic planning, government and community relations, campaign development, and communications and media relations, launching new efforts such as the Waterfront Initiative which led to Vancouver’s first ever State of the Waterfront report.
Read More about Christianne here: https://ecojustice.ca/people/christianne-wilhelmson/
Learn more about Ecojustice: https://ecojustice.ca/
Climate Change Theatre Action (CCTA) is a worldwide, biennial festival of short plays centered on the climate crisis, organized by the Arts & Climate Initiative and the Centre for Sustainable Practice in the Arts. Established in 2015, it commissions playwrights to write short plays that address climate issues, then makes these plays available for free to be performed or read by individuals and groups around the world to spark dialogue, build community, and inspire climate action, coinciding with the United Nations COP meetings.
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