"50 Ways to End Mother Earth — In Under Five Minutes!"

by Kirby Vicente

The apocalypse is always easier to imagine than the strange and circuitous routes to what actually comes next.

Rebecca Solnit, quoted in Lucy Neal, Playing for Time: Making Art as if the World Mattered (London: Oberon Books, 2015), 282.

This play was written by Kirby Vincente, performed and produced by Aislinn Welch, Andie Sheinbaum, Declan Tsuyuki, Rosalie Averill, Sarah Eckstein-Indik, and Serena Chiu.

We would like to thank Mark Dellelo, Director of the Sound and Image Media Studios at Brandeis University; Joshua Hertz, co-General Manager of WBRS; Willow Bosworth, Programming Director for WBRS; and all of the WBRS staff for their assistance in the production and broadcasting of this radio play and podcast. Additionally, we would like to thank Chantal Bilodeau, Founding Artistic Director of Arts & Climate Initiative and founder of Climate Change Theatre Action for her contributions to this play. We would also like to express our gratitude towards Professor Thomas King and Calvin Fluit for their assistance and advice during the production of this play and podcast. Finally, we would like to thank the Brandeis Student Union for their collaboration on our community activism project.

For more information about the community activism project, please visit: https://forms.gle/kaexMo83KNsathdU6.

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"50 Ways to End Mother Earth — In Under Five Minutes!":

The Radio Play

"50 Ways to End Mother Earth — In Under Five Minutes!":

The Podcast

How can Brandeis SAVE Mother Earth?

Look for the suggestion boxes!

In tandem with a podcast and radio play, this action aims to engage the student body in the conversation of sustainability and climate justice on campus. Your suggestions will be shared with the Brandeis Student Union's Sustainability Committee and utilized to direct their efforts.