In the climate chronicles, a team of questionably qualified American climatologists and bureaucrats return from one international conference on climate change in Japan only to begin preparations for another in Spain. The work raucously unpacks the culture and behavior of the scientific, diplomatic, and activist communities that have formed around this growing social crisis. Using the lab, the airport and the conference hall as dramatic backdrop, the scientists untangle and re-tangle themselves in the ridiculous web of climate bureaucracy.
Through their travails we delve into the worlds of each character as they crumble under pressure and their personal lives seep into the professional bubble. What we are left with is not just a display of global crisis red tape but a search to find the meaning of how and why we meet and gather.
Conceived & Directed by: Donovan & Calderón
Written by Sean Donovan, Sebastián Calderón Bentin
Performed by Sean Donovan, Sebastián Calderón Bentin, Paige Collette, and Hannah Heller
Sound: Brandon Wolcott
Set & Lights: Jay Ryan
Costume Design: Felix Ciprián
“the climate chronicles succeeds wildly…staged with absurd panache and true-to-life humor.” – Backstage Magazine
“A solid piece of downtown theater.” – Culturebot
The Climate Chronicles was made possible, in part, by support from the Brooklyn Arts Council and Stanford University. The project was supported through residencies and work-in-progress performances at The Brooklyn Arts Exchange, NY, The Lower East Side Festival, NY, and Stanford University, CA.