Talkback With Nancy Romer Follows EXTREME WEATHER At La MaMa

Nancy Romer, a member of the People's Climate March Steering Committee, will discuss how to promote a culture of sustainability and environmental justice March 3 following the performance of "Extreme Whether" by Karen Malpede at La MaMa Theater, 66 East 4th Street. The play is a drama of America's intense struggle over climate science.

Nancy Romer is a member of the People's Climate March Steering Committee and has been instrumental as one of the organizers of the Food and Farm Justice Hub contingent, which brings together over 50 organizations whose focus is food justice, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy and farming as a way to save the world. She is a life long activist who worked in the Peace Corps in Columbia, protested the Viet Nam War, and worked for peace and social justice in the feminist, anti-racist, public higher education, union, food justice and climate justice movements. She was a professor of psychology for 42 years at Brooklyn College, where she started the Brooklyn College Community Partnership, which serves over 1500 youth each semester from under-served Brooklyn high schools and middles schools using the arts as a way of advancing healthy development. She is a founder of the Brooklyn Food Coalition and has worked closely with Brandworkers, a worker organization that organizes workers in the food processing industry in NYC.

"Extreme Whether" will be presented by La MaMa March 1-18. It is a Cli-Fi drama of a courageous climate researcher who is defamed by special interests, including his own family. Set during the record-hot summers of 2004 and 2012, the six-character play pits the climate scientist against his twin sister, an energy spokesperson, in a no-holds barred struggle over land ownership and the future use of their family's wilderness estate. Their dispute reveals the fault lines in America today over land usage, global warming and climate denial. The characters and plot of the play are informed by the books, lives and experiences of contemporary scientists.

The cast features two multiple Obie Award-winners: Rocco Sisto as the courageous climate researcher and George Bartenieff as the oracular caretaker of the family's estate.

"EXTREME WHETHER"
March 1-18, 2018
La MaMa, 66 East 4th Street (The Downstairs Theater)
Thursdays to Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 3pm
$25 Adult Tickets, $20 Students/Seniors (plus $1 Facility Fee)
Ten $10 tickets will be available to every performance on a first-come, first-served basis (advance sale recommended).
Box office 212-352-3101, www.laMaMa.org
Running time: 2 hours (with intermission). Critics are invited on or after March 2.
PHOTOS: https://photos.app.goo.gl/86yYSsuSGUZIgPFC2
COMPLETE INFO: www.jsnyc.com/season/extreme_whether_2018.htm

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MARCH 15, 16 & 17 (FOLLOWING THE PERFORMANCES OF "EXTREME WHETHER")-- TALK BACK WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY PROJECT
The Environmental Integrity Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit watchdog organization that advocates for effective enforcement of environmental laws. The organization aims for stronger environmental standards, but also works with local communities to review and challenge permits and file citizen suits against polluters. Its litigation is complemented by data-rich reports that identify hidden sources of pollution, chronic violators, and loopholes in important monitoring requirements. Since late 2016, the nonprofit has worked to legally counter the Trump Administration's rollbacks of our environmental protections and manipulation of science.

Mary Greene, Deputy Director, will speak. She has been with the Environmental Integrity Project since 2013 after many years of teaching and practicing environmental law. She previously worked for the Florida Attorney General's Office and the U.S. EPA where she specialized in complex CWA, RCRA, and CERCLA cases. Mary holds both a law degree and B.S.B.A. from University of Florida.

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