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The image above shows how 2010 temperatures compare to average temperatures from a baseline period of 1951-1980, as analyzed by scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Credit: NASA GISS
Where are the climate change plays and who are the playwrights writing them? We are looking to create a comprehensive go-to list so anyone searching for material related to this issue can have this resource available. Below is what we have found so far. What else is out there?
Please note: This list should by not means be considered an endorsement of the individual plays. It is simply a compilation. Also, in some cases, climate change is featured prominently while in others, it is only a backdrop for the story.
2071 – Duncan MacMillan (UK)
3rd Ring Out – Zoe Svendsen (UK)
AD2050 – Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti (UK)
Arvaarluk: An Inuit Tale – Michael Kusugak (Canada) theatre for young audience
Between Two Waves – Ian Meadows (Australia)
Carla and Lewis – Shonni Enelow (USA)
Earthquakes in London –Mike Bartlett (UK)
Extreme Whether – Karen Malpede (USA)
Far Away – Caryl Churchill (UK)
Field Trip: A Climate Cabaret – Superhero Clubhouse (USA)
Fire In The Garden – Ken Weitzman (USA)
Green Dating – Chantal Bilodeau (Canada/USA) one-act
Greenland – Nicolas Billon (Canada)
Greenland – Moira Buffini, Matt Charman, Penelope Skinner and Jack Thorne (UK)
How to Build a Forest – Lisa D’Amour & Katie Pearl (USA) part visual installation and part theatre performance
If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet – Nick Payne (UK)
Island – Nicky Singer (UK) theatre for young audience
It Just Stopped – Stephen Sewell (Australia)
Kill Climate Deniers – David Finnigan (Australia)
Mr. Burns – Anne Washburn (USA)
Reclamation – Ken Weitzman (USA)
Red Forest – Belarus Free Theatre (UK)
Sea Sick – Alanna Mitchell (Canada)
Sila – Chantal Bilodeau (Canada/USA)
Ten Billion – Stephen Emmett (UK)
Thaw – Aaluk Edwardson (USA)
The Climate Monologues – Sharon Abreu (USA)
The Contingency Plan – Steve Waters (UK)
The Elephant Piece – Darryl Curry (USA)
The Ice Breaker – David Rambo (USA)
The Great Immensity – The Civilians (USA)
The Heretic – Richard Bean (UK)
The Last Polar Bears – adaptation by Joe Douglas (Scotland) theatre for young audience
The Weather – Clare Pollard (UK)
The Weather Project – NACL Theatre (USA)
The Word for Snow – Don DeLillo (USA) one-act
This Clement World – Cynthia Hopkins (USA)
Tomorrow Comes Today – Gordon Dahlquist (USA)
Water – created by Filter Theatre & David Farr (UK)
We Turned On the Light – Caryl Churchill (UK) choral work
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