Climate Change Theatre Action

Lansing Community College is participating in the biennial Climate Change Theatre Action festival, which coincides with the United Nations’ Conference of the Parties climate meetings and invites global playwrights to submit five-minute acts centered around a certain theme. This year’s theme is “All Good Things Must Begin,” inspired by a journal entry written by science-fiction author Octavia Butler.

LCC will present five short plays written for the festival: “Thunderbird,” by Jo MacDonald of Canada; “A Hummingbird’s Ululation,” by Aleya Kassam of Kenya; “That’s the Late Night Show,” by Vitor Jatobá of Brazil; “Magical Fungi in Times Square,” by Chantal Bilodeau of Canada and New York; and “The Polar Bears,” by Nicholas Billon of Canada. There will also be a performance of the short play “Snails,” by Janet Colson of Detroit. The performances will be followed by a group discussion.

In addition, local environmental organizations and the Michigan Coalition of Science on the Ballot will have information tables, and there will be a display of climate-themed posters and poetry created by LCC students.

Admission is free, but donations will be accepted for LCC Theatre’s scholarship funds. For more information, visit artsconnect.openlcc.net.