Sustainability in Theatre

Sustainability is affecting the narratives being written by playwrights today

'Hurricane Diane': Theater Review

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/hurricane-diane-1189686

• In this review, we read about the absurdist comedy Hurricane Diane, where the god of agriculture (Dionysus) returns to Earth as a butch lesbian landscape gardener and plans to save the Earth from climate change.

Theatre has the power to be informative to others about creating a more sustainable future

Changing the Climate Narrative Fifty Plays at a Time

https://artistsandclimatechange.com/2018/11/28/changing-the-climate-narrative-fifty-plays-at-a-time/

• This article by Chantal Bilodeau, co-founder of the Climate Change Theatre Action, is geared towards showing artists how through collaboration and forethought, we can create theatre that informs audiences on how to build a more sustainable future.

Addressing Environmental Topics in Theatre by Using Greenturgy

https://howlround.com/addressing-environmental-topics-theatre-using-greenturgy

• This article goes into the creation of "greenturgy," or the evacuation of environmental concerns embedded in the dramatic canon and new works, to reconnect people to their physical world.

The buildings in which we create and perform theatre in are inherently unsustainable

A Major Blind Spot

https://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/321/feature/major-blind-spot

• This article discusses how, even though many theaters are implementing new initiatives to decrease their environmental impact, the buildings the theaters use are not built to today's environmental standards and inadvertently contribute to climate change because of that.

Even though theatre can be unsustainable, there are steps that we can take to improve the sustainability of theatre

London Theatre Consortium

http://www.londontheatreconsortium.com/sustainability/

• This article is about the London Theatre Consortium's campaign on sustainability and the steps they have taken to make their theatre and their productions environmentally friendly.

Earth Day and Broadway go hand in hand

https://www.local802afm.org/allegro/articles/earth-day-and-broadway-go-hand-in-hand/

• This article describes the concepts and initiatives pushed forward by the Broadway Green Alliance, points out successes of the Alliance, and gives examples of how theaters can be more green.

Make Theatre, Not Waste

https://www.americantheatre.org/2018/10/23/make-theatre-not-waste/

• This article references the wasteful nature of theatre--particularly in costume and scenic design and construction--and offers suggestions on how we can cut down on waste.