RE/EMERGENCE

RE/EMERGENCE is a post-apocalyptic performance that examines grief, initiation, envisioning, and healing as a community after a year of unprecedented upheaval. Looking to nature and its transformative powers, RE/EMERGENCE invites audiences to reflect, meditate, and nurture a new vision of the future.

RE/EMERGENCE was created by the Re/Emergence Collective, a group of theater-makers and frequent collaborators who gathered in artistic community over the past year to devise this performance.

We processed the many challenges of the year’s events through our artistic practice. We have leaned heavily on more collective ways of art-making rather than the traditional hierarchical theater model in order to practice the kind of inclusive systems in theater that we hope to see more of in the future. We view this project as an act of service to our community, and we are so grateful for the support of the mentors, community members, and artistic organizations which have supported our efforts thus far.

This program was supported in part by a grant from the Easthampton Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency. Re/Emergence was also made possible with funding by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ New Work New England program, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, Seedlings Foundation, the Fund for the Arts at NEFA, and individual donors.