Climate Change Theatre Action

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Produced by Players Circle co-founder and producing director Carrie Lund Cacioppo, a selection of plays will be staged at Players Circle Theater on Dec. 8.

Throughout the evening, the audience will be invited to take part in a community conversation and interactive elements about climate change with ideas for taking action, led by members of the cast and SCCF staff.

In 2023, SCCF Adult Education Director Jenny Evans reached out to Cacioppo about partnering on performances in Southwest Florida. FGCU Associate Professor of Theater Kristin Mellian — who performed in and directed one of the plays in 2023 — joins the collaborative effort once again as well.

"Live theater creates a connection to climate change that traditional education alone often does not achieve,” said Evans. “The emotional impact audiences experience through powerful performances resonates deeply, staying with them long after the curtain falls and motivating them to take meaningful action for their communities and the environment.”

The Climate Change Theatre Action plays are presented every other year to coincide with the United Nations Climate Change Conference, which is taking place now through December. Fifty professional playwrights, representing all inhabited continents as well as several cultures and Indigenous nations, are commissioned to write the collection of plays.