North Carolina Stage Survives Helene, But Future Is Cloudy
There was no physical damage to the theatre building, but the company’s fate feels precarious, and not just due to the hurricane, said artistic director Charlie Flynn-McIver.
All Stories About climate change
The Other Side of Summer
How the season’s theatre festivals are faring amid rising costs, fickle audiences, and the warming planet.
Further Down the River
As the play-commissioning project Nuestro Planeta turns 1, a writer-director team revisits Colombia and learns of the strength of the Amazon communities.
What Is to Be Done 2.0: Some Notes on Theatre in a Time of Climate Crisis
What will it take to change our ways before climate crisis makes such change impossible? We can start by using one of the greatest human inventions: story.
Blow, Winds: Florida Theatres After Hurricane Ian
Fort Myers’s Florida Rep reckons with at least $1 million in damage, while other theatres, and the region in general, face a steep path to recovery.
Our Stories Are Shaped by Our Roots
With a little advance planning, conversation, and modest investment in resources, we can (and must) use our creativity for good.
Theatre Is Good at World-Building, How About World-Saving?
Working for a more sustainable, integral life onstage and off may be its own reward.
Into the Woods
A unique New Orleans residency puts artists close to both the power and the danger of nature.
Green Theatre: A Reference Guide
Want to adopt more environmentally friendly theatre practices? There’s a lot of work to do, but luckily there are plenty of resources to help.
Wildfires Cost Oregon Shakes Millions, and There’s a Human Toll
This summer the Ashland theatre faced dozens of cancelled and moved performances and some personnel attrition.
