What better place to reflect on our relationship to each other and to the Earth than in beautiful Central Park? And what better way to celebrate our humanity than by safely gathering in person after so many months of isolation? Join us in New York City for Dispatch to the Future, the official kick off of Climate Change Theatre Action 2021, a three-month festival of participatory theatre and action around climate taking place in more than 30 countries around the world.
Featuring original short plays by Angella Emurwon (Uganda), Jessica Huang (US), Aleya Kassam (Kenya), and Marcus Youssef with Seth Klein (Canada), with additional text by Chantal Bilodeau, Dispatch to the Future takes you on an interactive guided walk through a series of live performances tucked away in green oases. In turn poetic, political, and whimsical, this event aims to be a joyful and family-friendly experience. You will also be invited to participate in the Climate Ribbon arts ritual, launched at the Climate March in NYC in 2014.
Sunday, September 19, 2021 – Rain or Shine!
Groups depart from Central Park @ West 103rd Street every half hour between 12:00-4:00 pm.
75 minutes.
$15
Directed by Lanxing Fu, Megan Paradis Hanley, Rad Pereira, and Jeremy Pickard. Produced by Sami Pyne.
Our entire cast and crew is fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Groups will be limited to 15 people. Masks are optional for fully vaccinated individuals based on personal comfort levels, but we ask that you wear one if you are not vaccinated. We will follow CDC guidelines as they continue to evolve.
Be prepared to walk half a mile on a combination of paved paths and uneven wooded trails, and to sit on blankets on the ground. (You can carry your own camping chair if you wish.) We recommend that you wear comfortable, closed toe shoes and carry water with you.
An electronic program for this event is available here.
Dispatch the Future takes place on the ancestral, unceded land of the native Lenape people. We honor their ancestors and the present-day caretakers of this land.
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Dispatch to the Future is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by LMCC.
Dispatch to the Future is made possible in part with public funds from Restart NY supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by LMCC.
Additional funding is provided by Actors’ Equity Foundation and the Puffin Foundation.
