Our plays open people's hearts and minds. Our Festival of Conscience then provides the chance for audience members to hear the latest cutting-edge ideas related to the play and to dialogue intimately with experts in the field. We are always honored to welcome our Festival of Conscience speakers. They join us in believing that good theater and good talk are necessary to a healthy public life.
Thursday, 10-9-14
Extreme Whether - Festival of Conscience with Dr. James Hansen and Dr. Jennifer Francis
Past Speakers
Oct 2 - Columbia Professor Todd Gitlin on Fossil Fuel Divestment
Oct 3 - Massimo LoBuglio, Environmentalist and Social Entrepreneur
Oct 4 - Dr. Radley Horton, Columbia University and co-author of the Obama Administration’s Climate Assessment Report
Oct 5 - Dr. Jennifer Francis, Rutgers, author of the cutting-edge theory of Arctic Ice Melt and Extreme Weather
Oct 9 - Opening Night with climate prophet Dr. James Hansen, NASA scientist, who told Congress in 1988 that global warming had begun
Oct 10 – Prof. Andrew Revkin, Pace, plays Climate Music post-show
Oct 11 - David Levine - Co-founder and CEO of American Sustainable Business Council
Oct 12 - Jaimie Cloud & Griffin Cloud Levine - Teaching Children and Youths Sustainability
Oct 16 - Prof. Gerald Markowitz, John Jay College, on industry’s relationship to science
Oct 17 - Marielle Anzelone, Urban ecologist
Oct 18 - Dr. Jannette Barth, Why Not To Frack
Oct 19 - Ken Levenson, The Passive House
Oct 23 - Prof. Ana Baptista, New School for Social Research, Environmental Justice and Climate Change
Oct 24 - Charles Komanoff, Carbon Tax Center, on the need to tax carbon
Oct 25 - Prof. Dale Jamieson, NYU, Reason in A Dark Time
Oct 26 - Eve Silber and Closing Reception in honor of Father Paul Mayer
Sunday, 10-5-2014
Extreme Whether - Festival of Conscience with Dr. Jennifer Francis
Saturday, 10-11-14
Extreme Whether - Festival of Conscience with David Levine
Friday, 10-17-14
Extreme Whether - Festival of Conscience with Marielle Anzelone
Sunday, 10-19-14
Extreme Whether - Festival of Conscience with Ken Levenson
Saturday, 10-25-2014
Extreme Whether - Festival of Conscience with Dale Jamieson
Thursday, 10-9-14
Extreme Whether - Festival of Conscience with Dr. James Hansen
Friday, 10-10-14
Extreme Whether - Festival of Conscience with Andy Revkin
Sunday, 10-12-14
Draft Extreme Whether Mom and Son (Jaimie, Griffin)
Saturday, 10-18-14
Extreme Whether - Festival of Conscience with Jannette Barth
Extreme Whether - Festival of Conscience with Todd Gitlin