Uppity Theatre Co Joins Climate Conversation with PLAYHOUSE EMISSIONS: A CLIMATE CHANGE THEATRE ACTION

On Monday, November 6, 7-9:30 pm at the Ethical Society St Louis, 9001 Clayton Rd, St. Louis, MO 63117, "Playhouse Emissions: A Climate Change Theatre Action" will be presented as part of the international Climate Change Theatre Action 2017. Admission is free, but registration is requested online or at the door. Registration and networking at 7-7:30, program will begin at 7:30, with resource tables following from 8:45-9:30.

Register online at

http://www.usgreenbuildingcouncilstlouisregionalchapter.memberlodge.org/widget/event-2681191

The St. Louis event follows the growing tradition of rapid response from theatre artists for collective action on some of the most pressing issues of our time, including gun violence and extrajudicial violence against people of color.

Most recently, That Uppity Theatre Company co-produced "After Orlando" at the Contemporary Art Museum about the gun massacre of LGBTQ Latinex people at the Pulse nightclub and "Every 28 Hours" at COCA and the Repertory Theatre of St Louis about extrajudicial violence against people of color in the US.

Produced by Joan Lipkin and Pamela Reckamp, "Playhouse Emissions: A Climate Change Theatre Action" will feature a sampling of the CCTA international collection of short plays inspired by climate change and prevailing attitudes towards science.

Read by some of the leading actors in St Louis, the plays will be selected from over 25 cultures, from industrialized and developing countries and urban and rural areas. These perspectives include low lying nations threatened by sea level change and countries facing severe heatwaves, floods or droughts. The evening will also include a performance from Ashley Tate of Ashliane Dance Company, and a vocal performance.

Climate Change Theatre Action is a worldwide series of readings in performances of short climate change plays that will be presented between October 1 - November 18, 2017 to coincide with the United Nations COP 23 meeting.

"Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing us as a global community," said Joan Lipkin, producing artistic director of That Uppity Theatre Company. "Scientists estimate that we have 15 years to decarbonize the economy if we want to stave off the worse impacts of climate change that will affect all of us globally."

Some recent facts about climate change include the following:

"Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of the observed changes are unprecedented over decades to millennia. The atmosphere and ocean have warmed, the amounts of snow and ice have diminished, and sea level has risen." Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report

"In recent decades, changes in climate have caused impacts on natural and human systems on all continents and across the oceans. Impacts are due to observed climate change, irrespective of its cause, indicating the sensitivity of natural and human systems to changing climate." Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Climate Change, 2014 Synthesis Report

"Climate Change could drive to extinction as many as one in six animal and plant species. As the planet warms in the future, species will disappear at an accelerating rate." New York Times, Science Times, April 30, 2015, quoting Science Magazine study authored by U. of Connecticut Professor Mark Urban.

The play readings will be followed by a community tabling event, with numerous groups including Missouri Coalition for the Environment, Earthdance Farms, Central Reform Congregation, Organizing for Action, Midwest Coalition for Responsible Investment, St. Louis Indivisible: A Political Action Salon, Bad & Nasty, Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice, the Ethical Society of St. Louis, The Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, and more. Voter registration and also signups for voter registration training will also be available courtesy of the St. Louis Voter Registration Group.

"Climate change is a scientific fact. Theatre has the power to inform and educate. Missouri IPL is excited to be a partner in the Climate Change Theatre Action because we feel this is a great way to put a face on this critical environmental issue and to mobilize people to action," said Tracey Koch, Coordinator of Missouri Interfaith Power & Light.

About Climate Change Theatre Action:

A collaboration between the Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts, NoPassport Theatre Alliance, The Arctic Cycle, Theatre Without Borders, and York University, CCTA is a worldwide series of readings and performances of short climate change plays presented from October 1 to November 18, 2017 to coincide with the United Nations COP23 meeting in Germany.

Following the model pioneered by NoPassport, the organizers asked fifty writers from around the world to write short plays about an aspect of climate change. These plays were made available to producing collaborators who will present more than 225 events in over 40 countries. Collaborators can choose as few or as many of the plays as they want.

Events range from readings in classrooms to fully staged performances and will take place in theatres, high schools, universities, eco-centers, community centers, on radio, and outdoors.

For the full list of events and participating playwrights:

www.climatechangetheatreaction.com

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