Endings

Everyone has at least one childhood memory tied to nature. Catching fireflies at dusk. Listening to frogs at night. Watching monarchs flutter in a field.

As scientists sound the alarm over the rapidly changing environment and extraordinary loss of animal species, the debate over the role humans play in the changing world is dividing individuals and organizations into warring camps.

The psychological toll of the debate serves as the backdrop to the ecological disruption and emotional loss everyday people working and living on the front lines of climate change experience.

Endlings, Cry Havoc Theater Company's fourth verbatim piece is being presented as an audio play recorded in true 3-dimensional sound with a binaural microphone and featuring the teens of Cry Havoc.

The project’s director, Mara Richards Bim, spent several weeks outdoors collecting audio recordings of the natural world, and the sound design immerses the audience in nature.

The play weaves together first-person interviews with experts, activists, and individuals living on the front lines of climate change along with conversations between the teens of Cry Havoc and the director on the topics of COVID-19, grief, art, and climate change.

Endlings is being released alongside five original short films and an interactive website to engage audiences in the ongoing conversations generated by the play.

Endlings is a recipient of a 2019 TACA New Works Grant. Dedicated support is also provided by the Dallas Arts District Foundation and Texas Commission on the Arts.