Come join our M.C. John Kuntz – and the actors, poets, singers, storytellers, scientists and activists who will inspire you...

John Kuntz

The acclaimed Boston actor, playwright, director, teacher, solo performer – and our M.C. for the Cabaret.  

Eliza Fichter and 

David Keohane

Performing an excerpt from the hit play, Lungs – a climate love story by Duncan MacMillan. Directed by Rose Schwietz Malla.

Regie Gibson

Literary performer, poet, songwriter and educator.  Kurt Vonnegut said, “Regie, when you perform…you can see that the Earth really is a ball, blue-green. Regie, you sing and chant for all of us.  Nobody gets left out.”

Seth Glier

The songs by this Grammy-nominated musician from western Massachusetts inspire us to seek climate solutions.

Bill Marx, with

Phyllis Ewen’s art

Bill Marx reads Ted Hughes’s poem, “How Water Began to Play,” pairing it with three-dimensional waterscapes of rising seas by sculptural artist Phyllis Ewen.

Debra Wise

Performing an excerpt from Hurricane Diane, the Obie-Award-winning play by Madeleine George, featuring a climate hero for our time.

Antje Duvekot

Singer-songwriter Antje Duvekot, winner of the Boston Music Award for Outstanding Folk Act, is a frequent festival performer.

Red Rebel Brigade

The international performance activist troupe dedicated to illuminating the climate crisis.

Zoe Halperin and 

Rhiannon Jenkins

Performing Wrench, a surreal short play by Elana Greenfield, set in a flooded New York City. Directed by Katra Laidlaw.

Sara Peattie

The Puppeteers Cooperative Penguin Section will perform their street 

installation: “The Whale Will Sing for You”.

And the activists and scientists presenting a hopeful vision of the future...

Left to Right:

Dr. Robert Lauer 

Activist, Physicist, Data Scientist

Dr. Rose Abramoff

Assistant Professor of Forest Science, University of Maine

Dr. Johanna Ray Vollhardt

Associate Professor of Psychology, Clark University

Dr. Nathan Phillips

Professor, Earth & Environment, Boston University

Belinda Tato

Associate Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture, 

Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Isaijah Shadrach

PhD Candidate in Philosophy, Harvard University

Zev Imani

PhD Candidate in Physics, Tufts University