The Intersection of Art & Climate Policy with Playwright Chantal Bilodeau
Chantal Bilodeau has been addressing climate issues through playwriting for 20 years. She is an artistic director, producer of live events, editor of anthologies of plays about the climate, and winner of several awards such as the Woodward International Playwriting Prize. Chantal is also co-founder of Climate Change Theatre Action, which involves commissioning 50 playwrights every other year to write a short play about an aspect of the climate, and encouraging productions of these plays by everyday people all over the world.
Interested in consuming “climate theater,” learning about climate playwriting, or getting involved in the 2023 Climate Change Theatre Action Festival? Check out climatechangetheatreaction.com and subscribe to the mailing list to be notified when the plays become available to the public.
Reading recommendations from our guest:
Works by Una Chaudhuri
The Great Derangement by Amitav Ghosh
The World As We Knew It edited by Amy Brady and Tajja Isen
All We Can Save edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. Wilkinson