ALL GOOD THINGS MUST BEGIN:
CCTA'S THEME THIS YEAR, INSPIRED BY THE WORKS OF OCTAVIA BUTLER
This event is part of the Climate Change Theater Action Conference, and the Climate Justice and Theater action class of 2023. We would like to thank the JKB for its support, Dr. Lisa Jackson-Schebetta for her education and guidance, and Jared Klein for the equipment and space used for the performance.
ALL GOOD THINGS MUST BEGIN
OUR ACTIONS
R
TO RELATE
through our art, we hope to provide our audience with stories and experiences they can relate to, and that can inspire them to DONATE, EDUCATE, or ACT.
E
TO EDUCATE
to educate and warn our community about human effects on the climate crisis and how they can be avoided.
D
TO DISRUPT
to disrupt and intrude on the lives of our audience in order to force them to face the climate crisis the way that those on the front lines of this issue are forced to face it.
D
TO DONATE
to incite action and call our audience to donate to causes that aim to mitigate human effects on climate change.
ALL GOOD THINGS MUST BEGIN
ALL GOOD THINGS MUST BEGIN
WHAT IS AN AFTERNOON OF CLIMATE THEATER?
Three plays, ideas, and journeys, each with the goal to educate and involve our audience in the fight to mitigate the effects of climate change. our focus is on the impacts of wildfires, the melting of the polar ice caps, and deforestation.
INFERNO
ANGIE FARROW
THE POLAR BEARS
NICOLAS BILLON
NOW
BRIAN WREN
ALL GOOD THINGS MUST BEGIN
ABOUT US
we are a team of sophomores, juniors, and seniors, at skidmore college. we are each devoted to climate justice and action in our lives, as well as avid theater makers, whether through performance, design, or otherwise
WHO ARE WE
LUCAS FALICK
JUNIOR
ROLES: Dramaturg (Inferno), Director (The Polar Bears), Actor (Now, Polar Bears)
Lucas Falick (they/he/she) is a Theater and Political Science major. Their directing credits include The Laramie Project and Fugue. Their previous Acting credits include The Thugs (Bart), Cowboy Mouth (Slim), 4:48 Psychosis, and John Proctor is the Villain (Ensemble).
LU GLASSBERG
SOPHOMORE
ROLES: Designer (Inferno), Director, Actor (Now), Dramaturg (Now), Website Designer
Lu Glassberg (they/them) is a double Theater and Spanish Major, with an intended Education Minor. Their previous Directing credits include Actors Nightmare and The Worst Of Us. Previous Acting credits include, In The Forest She Grew Fangs (Jenny), Spongebob (Sandy Cheeks). Select previous Design and Production roles include, The Great Impresario (Lighting Designer), [RE]MAKING (Stage Manager).
SHIRLEY JIN
SENIOR
ROLES: Designer (The Polar Bears) ,Dramaturg (The Polar Bears)
Shirley (she/her) is a Theater Major and Studio Art Minor Senior Student from Skidmore College.
SOPHIE KELLY
JUNIOR
ROLES: Actor (The Polar Bears, Now), Dramaturg (The Polar Bears), Costume designer (The Polar Bears)
Sophie Kelly is a junior Theater major/Creative Writing minor at Skidmore College. Their previous credits include The Courage to Right a Woman’s Wrong (Ribete), Eurydice (Loud Stone), The Chaparral (Alexis), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Lysander), Les Miserables (Gate) and Standard Procedure (Playwright/Director). They are also excited to announce that they are a newly appointed Fellow of the Miranda Fellowship program.
MAX MCGUIRE
SENIOR
ROLES: Director (The Polar Bears); Videographer
Max McGuire (they/them) is a senior at Skidmore College, studying Theater, Media Studies, and Religion. They would consider themselves a multidisciplinary artist; they are an actor (Haemon in Antigone, Guh-Boh in Inching Towards Yeolha), A playwright and director (We’re All Mad Here, Preaching to the Choir), a hair and makeup designer (And Baby Makes Seven, Somewhere), a musician (Cosmic Turtle), and have worked in wardrobe for dance at both at Skidmore College and Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. They are extremely excited to direct The Polar Bears for their Climate Justice and Theater Action class, under the larger lens of the CCTA festival!
ELLA THEOHARIS
SOPHOMORE
ROLES: Designer (Now, Inferno), Dramaturg (Now)
Ella (she/her) is a Theater Major, Math Major, and Computer Science Minor. Her previous credits at Skidmore include The Place That Made You (Sound Board Operator), and The Great Impresario… (Lighting Designer). Before Skidmore, Ella’s Credits include Pride and Prejudice and Puppets (Stage Manager and Lighting Designer), A New World (Assistant Stage Manager and Fly Operator), and Les Mis (Sound Operator). You can see her work as Assistant Master Electrician on the MainStage for The Courage To Right A Woman's Wrong.
LUCREZIA ZICHICHI
SENIOR
ROLES: Director and Performer (Inferno), Co-Dramaturg (Inferno)
Lucrezia Zichichi (they/she) is a Music Major with a Theater Minor. Previous Skidmore Theater experience includes Eurydice (Little Stone) and After Jane (Mary). She has also played Miles in the Schenectady Symphony production of The Turn of the Screw and sung in the Music Department’s production of You’re Gonna Love Tomorrow. They were the ASM for Heddatron as well as the co-choreographer for Bamboo Box (Springfest).