Polar Bears Falling and Wolves Burning: Climate Change Theater Action at The Ohio State University

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Climate Change Theatre Action is a worldwide series of readings and performances of short climate change plays presented biennially to coincide with the United Nations COP meetings. Ohio State's Department of Theatre is participating and will be reading eight new plays.

Staged readings of eight new plays including:

Hassan Abdulrazzak – LAILA PINES FOR THE WOLF
Alister Emerson  – SIX POLAR BEARS FELL OUT OF THE SKY THIS MORNING
Andrea Lepcio – IF NOT NOW
Joan Lipkin – ABOUT THAT CHOCOLATE BAR
Julie McKee – A HOLIDAY ON ICE IN A WARM CLIMATE
Sunny Drake – ABSOLUTELY NOTHING OF ANY MEANING
Damon Chua – STEAMY SESSION IN A SINGAPORE SPA
Paula Cizmar – APPEALING

Produced as part of the course “International Theatre and Performance: Contemporary Women Playwrights” taught by Dr. Lesley Ferris. Produced in cooperation with Dr. Beth Kattelman, Curator of Theatre at the Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute and Laura J. Kissel, Polar Curator.

Directors of Staged Readings: Matt Cantelon, Ashley Dunn, and Aubrey H. Neumann

Actors: Murt Byrne, Emma Farrenkopf, Sarah Figlik, Will Higgins, Joseph McFaddin, Marc Reis, Jordan Booker

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