The Foul Owls present
Continuity by Bess Wohl
It’s magic hour in the New Mexico desert as an exhausted film crew races against the setting sun to shoot their blockbuster (but also, like deep) action movie which takes place on an arctic ice floe (made of Styrofoam) and features an ecoterrorist plotting a bombing mission to save all of humankind.
As the clock ticks and the desert sun beats down on the not-so-frozen landscape, personalities clash, artistic vision meets Hollywood demands, and the gap between fiction and science grows wider than ever. A dark but hilarious “play in six takes,” Bess Wohl’s Continuity interrogates the role of storytelling in a world on the brink of actual environmental crisis.
This will be followed by a panel discussion on how to tell stories about climate change. Our panelists are Jacqueline A. Heinzelmann, PhD Candidate in the SNSF Project "Öko-Passionen. Coming of Age im Anthropozän" and meteorologist Dr. Johnathan Wille, PostDoc at ETH.
Eve / Nicole – Olivia Tjon-A-Meeuw
George / Jake – Kiran Wenger
Dr. Anna Gerber / Lily – Adriana Rüegger
Maria – May Kinoshita
David Caxton – Astrit Abazi
Larry – Courtney Binkert
The PA – Gagan Narula
Additional Voices – Courtney Binkert, Saskia Kaiser, Sarah
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The Foul Owls present
Continuity by Bess Wohl
It’s magic hour in the New Mexico desert as an exhausted film crew races against the setting sun to shoot their blockbuster (but also, like deep) action movie which takes place on an arctic ice floe (made of Styrofoam) and features an ecoterrorist plotting a bombing mission to save all of humankind.
As the clock ticks and the desert sun beats down on the not-so-frozen landscape, personalities clash, artistic vision meets Hollywood demands, and the gap between fiction and science grows wider than ever. A dark but hilarious “play in six takes,” Bess Wohl’s Continuity interrogates the role of storytelling in a world on the brink of actual environmental crisis.
This will be followed by a panel discussion on how to tell stories about climate change. Our panelists are Jacqueline A. Heinzelmann, PhD Candidate in the SNSF Project "Öko-Passionen. Coming of Age im Anthropozän" and meteorologist Dr. Johnathan Wille, PostDoc at ETH.
Eve / Nicole – Olivia Tjon-A-Meeuw
George / Jake – Kiran Wenger
Dr. Anna Gerber / Lily – Adriana Rüegger
Maria – May Kinoshita
David Caxton – Astrit Abazi
Larry – Courtney Binkert
The PA – Gagan Narula
Additional Voices – Courtney Binkert, Saskia Kaiser, Sarah Rechsteiner
Director – Julia Utiger
Production – Courtney Binkert & May Kinoshita
Stage Design & Props – Sarah Rechsteiner
Costumes & Light – Saskia Kaiser
Graphic Design – Oliver Maag
Marketing – Courtney Binkert & Adriana Rüegger
Location: Bühne S, Galerie above Gleis 3, Bahnhof Stadelhofen, 8001 Zürich
Time: Doors open at 19.00, play starts at 19.30
Price: 25 CHF (regular), 20 CHF (reduced)
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