The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics in collaboration with the Earth Commons presents\, When Will the Water Come – an evening of readings\, short plays\, monologues\, poet ry\, and music about water and our environment\, featuring students from P rofessor Derek Goldman’s TPST/ CULP 2036 Global Performance and Politics c ourse\, as well as professional guest artists\, curated and directed by As hanee Kottage\, Lab/Earth Commons Fellow.
\nLocation: 1801 35th St NW\, Washington\, DC 20007 (the old Fillmore School\, in Glover Park)
\nDate/Time: Monday November 6\, 2023\, 4:30 to 6:30 pm. Monica Jahan Bose’s short performance is in the very beginning.
\nThe performanc e brings together an expansive range of cultural perspectives\, theatrical forms\, and narratives to explore the scientific\, political\, elemental\ , and intimately personal dimensions of water. This multi-disciplinary per formance and roundtable event features material from the recently launched We Hear You–A Climate Archive\, a global performance project exploring youth perspectives on the climate em ergency and the 2023 Cl imate Change Theater Action a worldwide festival of short plays about the climate crisis presented biennially to coincide with the United Nation s COP meetings. This event is also part of an ongoing suite of activities featuring student and professional performances curated by The Lab leading up to COP 28\, including the forthcoming conference Sustaining the Oasis: Envisioning the Future of Water Security in the Gulf\, to be held at the Georgetown campus in Qatar.
\nWe are honored that the following gues t artists and students will share their work with us and join us for a rou ndtable discussion (moderated by Prof. Derek Goldman and Ashanee Kottage) and reception with some light refreshments at the end of the performance.< /p>\n
\n\n\nChantal Bilodeau – Founder of CCTA
\nLubDub Theater (Miranda Rose Hall\, C aitlin Nasema Cassidy (We Hear You Project Director)\, Robert Duffley (We Hear You Project Dramaturg)\ , Geoff Kanick)
\nWe Hear You Stories:
\nNadia’s story\, THE HORIZON
\nMic hael’s story\, COME BACK ANOTHER DAY
\nRebecca’s story\, MANTA MAGIC
\nSwedian’s story\, WHEN WILL THE WATER COME?
\nCCTA Plays:
\nWild Parsnips by Tira Palmquist
\nla jiao pa ng xie\, shao la (“chilli crab\, less spicy”) by Dia Hakim K
\nUnder tow by Keith Barker
\nA Hummingbird’s Ululation by Aleya Kassam
\n(up)rooted by Caity Shea-Violette
\nTo request an accommodation \, inquiries about accessibility\, or if you have any questions/ issues ge tting to the space please email us at globallab@georgetown.edu.
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