The Arts & Climate Initiative and the Centre for Sustainable Practice in the Arts invite you to the virtual launch of The Future Is Not Fixed: Short Plays Envisioning a Green New Deal. Featuring the 50 plays written for our Climate Change Theatre Action 2021 festival, and a series of essays, this anthology is our latest achievement towards telling the many stories of the climate crisis in a way that empowers all of us.

Saturday, April 15
2 pm PT / 5 pm ET
Online


Come to hear readings of a few plays by Camila Le-bert (Chile), Madeline Sayet (U.S.), and Marcus Youssef with Seth Klein (Canada), participate in a conversation with playwrights, and for a chance to win your own signed copy of the book! Hosted by Chantal Bilodeau, Ian Garrett, and Julia Levine.

This event is free but you must reserve your spot in advance in order to receive the Zoom link. Your registration automatically enters you into the raffle.

 
 

This anthology is a useful tool for teachers and professors, a source of inspiration for writers, actors, and theatremakers, and the perfect stepping stone for anyone looking to engage their family and friends in conversation about the climate crisis.

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Guest Bios

Camila Le-Bert is a Chilean-American playwright living between Santiago, Chile and Long Beach, CA. She holds an MFA in Playwriting from Columbia University and graduated in Acting from Universidad de Chile. Her works include CHAN!, LATINO, Trío, La Guagua, Mis Tres Hermanas, and Chicos Tóxicos. She is the founder and director of the Lápiz de Mina women’s playwriting festival.


Seth Klein is a public policy researcher. He was founding director of the British Columbia office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) and is now Team Lead of the Climate Emergency Unit (a project of the David Suzuki Institute).


Madeline Sayet (she/her) is a citizen of the Mohegan Tribe, an Assistant Professor in the English Department at Arizona State University, and the Executive Director of the Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program. For her work as a theatre-maker, she has been honored as a Forbes 30Under30, TED Fellow, and recipient of the White House Champion of Change Award from President Obama.


Marcus Youssef’s 15 or so plays have been produced in multiple languages in more than 20 countries across North America, Asia, and Europe. Seth and Marcus are both based in Vancouver/Unceded Coast Salish Territory, and live four blocks from each other, near Commercial Drive.