Friday and Saturday Performances of "Now Is Still Here" Postponed Due to Rain (Somerville Community Growing Center)
Thomas King
Now is Still Here: Climate Change Theatre Action 2026Performances
Sunday 31 May at 4:00 p.m.
Rain dates: Friday 5 June and Saturday 6 June at 6:30 p.m.
Venue
The Somerville Community Growing Center [thegrowingcenter.org]
22 Vinal Ave, Somerville, MA
Free of charge. Reservations recommended. Tickets through eventbrite [eventbrite.com] [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/now-is-still-here-tickets-1983988645446 [eventbrite.com]].
Past decisions may feel like a burden. The future may be uncertain. But now is still here, as we gather in a community garden to attend to our human and more-than-human worlds. To practice small acts of care in our built and natural environments. To share joy. To take action toward our future thriving.
Join us for Now Is Still Here: Climate Change Theatre Action 2026 at the Somerville Community Growing Center in the Union Square area. A festival of short plays commissioned from playwrights around the world and inviting audience members to take action, Climate Change Theatre Action asks, What future relations to our built and natural environments can we imagine and then begin building together? How can practices of care for all living beings help us imagine and build justice, inclusion, and belonging in our communities?
Imagining together a just future is the first step to building it together.
Please bring a blanket or folding chair and enjoy sitting on our lawn. Jackets/layers recommended. Limited seating will be available for persons unable to sit on the ground or who use scooters and wheelchairs.
“Now is Still Here: Climate Change Theatre Action 2026” is presented in partnership with the Artists' Theater of Boston [instagram.com] (Anneke Reich, Artistic Director), the Racial Justice Collaborative [racialjusticecollaborative.com] (Diane Wong, founder and leader) and the Somerville Community Growing Center [thegrowingcenter.org]. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Somerville Arts Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and by a Public Humanities/Community Engagement Grant from the Mandel Center for the Humanities at Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts. Climate Change Theatre Action (founding artistic director Chantal Bilodeau) is a biennial international festival produced in collaboration with the Centre for Sustainable Practice in the Arts [sustainablepractice.org] (Canada/New York).
About Artists’ Theatre of Boston
Challenging systemic injustices through the collaborative process of making theater, ATB (Anneke Reich, artistic dir.) has developed new works through close community partnerships and delved into complex topics through deep artistic collaboration. Subjects explored include gentrification (This Place/Displaced), possible futures and queerness (Break, Break), US history of war crimes & ecocide (Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?). ATB affirms the capacity of the arts to challenge oppression, provide resources for critical thinking and resilience, and enable transformation.
Parking and Accessibility
Please note that parking on Vinal Avenue is by permit only. The Growing Center [thegrowingcenter.org] is a short walk from Union Square, near the Somerville High School on Highland Avenue, and accessible via the Green Line and buses on Highland and Somerville Avenues.