Live streaming Theatre in the Age of Climate Change Convening

Dear reader,
This weekend, June 8-10, join us remotely in this event.

In 2017, artistic director Chantal Bilodeau of The Arctic Cycle, Elizabeth Doud of Climakaze and Roberta Levitow of Theatre Without Borders were awarded a HowlRound Challenge Grant to organize a convening around theatre and climate change. The convening is happening this weekend, June 8-10, in Boston, MA. Here are three ways you can participate:
Livestream
Many of our sessions will be livestreamed. Check HowlRound’s website for the complete schedule.
Open Mic
Join us for the Open Mic on Saturday June 9, 5:30-8:00 pm. Bring your poems, songs, rants, tiny dances, raps, and mini-festos in a gloriously low-tech and climate-safe setting. Tree-huggery, humor, and catharsis encouraged. Five minutes max. More info here.
Twitter
Follow us on Twitter using #theatreandclimatechange.

Digest #223

Dear reader,
1.

Theatre of the Oppressed presents (NYC)

Legislative Theatre brings citizens, legislators and policymakers together into creative dialogue about the policies and laws that affect communities facing oppression.

At TONYC’s annual Legislative Theatre Festival, you will watch original plays based on the actors’ lived experiences of discrimination in New York City. You will act onstage alongside the actors to offer alternative responses to these systemic problems on an individual, institutional, or policy level. And you will submit ideas to representatives from City Council, the Mayor’s Office and the federal government, and then vote to carry these ideas forward to their respective chambers.
To collaborate or participate:
Rebecca Kelly Golfman, Creative Advocacy Coordinator
bec@tonyc.nyc
(646) 504-4582
To volunteer:
Sign up for our volunteer orientation on 4/30
Press inquiries:
Patrick Kowalczyk, PKPR
patrick@pkpr.com
(212) 627-8098
2.
LIFT Festival looking for Artistic Director
https://www.liftfestival.com/about-us/jobs-opportunities/?spektrix_bounce=true
To apply for the post, please send an up to date CV; a covering letter outlining (in no more than two pages) your vision for LIFT for the next five years; a statement addressing the selection criteria; contact details for two referees who can be contacted if you are to reach the shortlist stage and the Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form to:
recruitment@liftfestival.com or to Bernard Donoghue, Chair, LIFT, Toynbee Studios, 28 Commercial Street, E1 6AB\
Application deadline: 9am, Tuesday 30 May 2017
First round interviews: Friday 9 June 2017
Second round interviews: Wednesday 21 June 2017
Anticipated start date: April 2018
3.
TCG Announces Round 6 of Global Connections 
The grants will support the growth of new International collaborations, and further pre-existing international relationships. email, print, share on Tumblr
For more https://www.tcg.org/Default.aspx?TabID=1760
4.
New Works of Merit Playwriting contest is accepting scripts through June 30, 2017
For Guidelines and Application Form go to:
http://www.newworksofmeritplaywritingcontest.com/
Award:
$300 + a professional reading and Q&A valued at $1,000.
5.
Happening in Kampala

USA Artists International: Call for applications, Deadline April 17, 2015

USA Artists International: Call for applications, Deadline April 17, 2015
USArtists International is a national initiative that provides support for American dance, music, and theater ensembles and solo artists from across the country who have been invited to perform at significant international festivals and performing arts markets anywhere in the world outside the United States and its territories. The application submission deadline for the third and final grant round of the 2015 program is Friday, April 17, 2015 for projects taking place between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016. To access the program guidelines and online application, click here. Questions about USArtists International should be directed to Robyn Busch at robyn@midatlanticarts.org.