The Broadway Climate Summit

The Broadway Climate Summit is a brand-new initiative taking place during New York Climate Week—the largest climate symposium in the world!

Our mission is to bring together theatre professionals and climate advocates to reimagine an industry that prioritizes climate storytelling, sustainability, and theatre as a cultural movement for our planet. Broadway may be in our name, but this initiative is focused on connecting people from every corner of the theatre.

To make this summit accessible to people around the world, it was livestreamed for free through our wonderful partners at HowlRound Theatre Commons. It meant the world to have your group join us virtually. 

Creating Climate Theater: From Black Box to Broadway

Speakers:

Davis McCallum - artistic director, Hudson Valley Shakespeare
Amy Berryman - playwright, Walden
Opalanietet - founder, The Eagle Project
Robert Duffley - dramaturg and artistic leader, LubDub Theater Co.
Anna Jane Joyner - founder and chief executive officer, Good Energy

Artivism, shifting culture through creative practice

Speakers:

Kevin J. Patel - co-founder, OneUpAction International
Antonique Smith - star of rent on Broadway, Grammy nominee, founder of Climate Revival
Pablo Hernandez Basulto - director of civic artistic programs, the Public
Ruth Łchav’aya K'isen Miller - singer, actor, climate justice and indigenous rights activist
Nate Smith - founding director, 6th Fest

Panel  / Workshop: Sustainable production and circular design

Panel Speakers:

Sandra Goldmark - associate dean, Columbia Climate School; professor, Barnard College; co-creator, Sustainable Production Toolkit
Edward T. Morris - set designer, sustainability consultant; co-chair, IATSE 829's Sustainability Committee
Molly Braverman - director, Broadway Green Alliance
Davis Mccallum - artistic director, Hudson Valley Shakespeare
Alexandros Barpayianis - media & entertainment logistics coordinator, Material for the Arts (MFTA)
Sid Jepsen - The Huntington Theatre

Workshop: compelling climate narrative led by:

Carson Grace Becker - playwright (Pangaea, A Mislaid Heaven, The Erotic Life of Property)
Nate Smith - founding director, 6th Fest
Carmiel Banasky - editor-in-chief and story consultant, Good Energy

Panel: Reimagining a thriving theater industry

Speakers:

Molly Braverman - director, Broadway Green Alliance
Alex Robertson - Broadway producer (SMASH, The Wiz, BOOP!, Gypsy, Heathers, and more!)
Kaaron Briscoe - artistic associate, Lincoln Center Theater
Kirya Traber - writer, performer, cultural organizer

If you would like to be the first to know about updates on the Summit and its future developments, you can register here or sign up for our newsletter at our website.

About HowlRound TV

HowlRound TV is a global, commons-based, peer-produced, open-access livestreaming and video archive project stewarded by the nonprofit HowlRound. HowlRound TV is a free and shared resource for live conversations and performances relevant to the world’s performing arts and cultural fields. Its mission is to break geographic isolation, promote resource sharing, and develop our knowledge commons collectively. Anyone can participate in a community of peer organizations revolutionizing the flow of information, knowledge, and access in our field by becoming a producer and co-producing with us. Learn more by going to our participate page.