This document describes Climate Change Theatre Action, a global festival of short plays about the climate crisis that takes place over three months each year. The festival features plays by 50 playwrights from around the world and is performed in various venues like theaters, schools, parks and online. The goals are to create alternative narratives about the climate crisis, bring audiences together around shared values, and encourage greater individual and collective engagement to address climate change through actions like donations, letters to government representatives and marches. In previous years, the festival included over 225 events in 25 countries with 3,000 artists and organizers reaching 25,000 audience members.

2.  A global festival of readings and performances of
short plays about the climate crisis
 50 playwrights from around the world: ”Envisioning
a Global Green New Deal”
 Three months of presentations from mid-
September to mid-December
 Actions to accompany the performances
What

3. Where
 Theatres
 Universities, high schools, middle schools
 Parks, street corners, backyards, cafes, bars
 Libraries, churches, community centers, yoga
studios, museums
 The foot of glaciers, in kayaks
 Radio, podcasts, Zoom

4. Actions
 Donations to environmental organizations, hurricane relief
efforts, tree-planting initiatives, and food banks
 Letters sent to government representatives
 Marches and pledges
 Presentations by scientists, and local environmental
organizations
 List of local resources compiled and shared

5. Goals
 Create alternative narratives about the climate crisis
 Bring audiences together around shared values
 Strengthen community bonds
 Provide an avenue for reflection and exploration
 Encourage greater individual and collective engagement
 Keep carbon footprint low

6. Numbers (2019)
 Over 225 events in 25 countries
 3,000 artists and organizers
 25,000 audiences
 Events have taken place in Canada, US, UK,
Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Philippines, India, Kenya,
Jamaica, New Zealand, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Australia, Serbia, and Slovenia

7. New York City, 2021

8. University of Colorado, 2021

9. Blooming Ludus, Seoul, 2019

10. Native Earth, Toronto, 2019

11. NYU Abu Dhabi, 2019

12. Natalia Martinez
Buenos Aires, 2017

13. One World Theatre, Shanghai, 2017

14. Massey University
Wellington, New Zealand, 2017

16. Thank you
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