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First Showings: September 30th - October 5th 2021
More Performances coming Spring 2022 Appropriate for Ages 13 + Children will get older.
Parenting them will be complicated. The climate around here will change. Some people will suffer. A just world is possible, today, and tomorrow. These things are true all at once. Your optimism is not required. Team Sunshine Performance Corporation presents an early look into its latest piece: a father-daughter duet, their annual camping trip, a moment around a campfire suspended in time, a consideration of parenting and being parented in the face of planetary crisis, an invitation to share s’mores. Inspired by the work of Joanna Macy, Robin Wall-Kimmerer, Adrienne Maree Brown, and many others. Created by: Alex Torra, Rachel Camp, Jackie Soro, Benjamin Camp, and Makoto Hirano.
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JOIN THE OPTIMISM READING GROUP
If you'd like to continue to engage with Team Sunshine and our community around the questions we're asking in Your Optimism is Not Required, we invite you to join us for an informal book group in the coming season! Join us for a deeper exploration of some of the inspiration and themes in the piece. Together we'll be reading four of the books that went into the creation of the show, both fiction and non-fiction, and meeting up by zoom every other month to discuss. Here's our schedule:
Nov. 9: Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown (how do we begin to shape the future we want to live in)
January 11: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer (deepening our relationship with our living world)
March 8: Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson (missives from the future that is almost upon us)
May 10: How We Win by George Lakey (practical and inspiring playbook for direct action)
For a $100 donation to Team Sunshine, we'll provide paperback copies of all four books, as well as access to each discussion. If you'd like to participate, but would prefer to source your books directly, a $40 donation will cover organizing costs.
Team Sunshine artists will participate in each discussion, with additional facilitators and guests to be announced!
If you'd like to continue to engage with Team Sunshine and our community around the questions we're asking in Your Optimism is Not Required, we invite you to join us for an informal book group in the coming season! Join us for a deeper exploration of some of the inspiration and themes in the piece. Together we'll be reading four of the books that went into the creation of the show, both fiction and non-fiction, and meeting up by zoom every other month to discuss. Here's our schedule:
Nov. 9: Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown (how do we begin to shape the future we want to live in)
January 11: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer (deepening our relationship with our living world)
March 8: Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson (missives from the future that is almost upon us)
May 10: How We Win by George Lakey (practical and inspiring playbook for direct action)
For a $100 donation to Team Sunshine, we'll provide paperback copies of all four books, as well as access to each discussion. If you'd like to participate, but would prefer to source your books directly, a $40 donation will cover organizing costs.
Team Sunshine artists will participate in each discussion, with additional facilitators and guests to be announced!
YOUR OPTIMISM IS NOT REQUIRED was developed, in part, with assistance from the Orchard Project (www.orchardproject.com), Ari Edelson, Artistic Director. Development support for this project was provided through the 2020 Trade School residency, hosted by The Philadelphia Thing, as well as Art is Essential: A Project of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority’s Fund for Art and Civic Engagement with support from the Knight Foundation. This performance is part of the City of Philadelphia’s Arts in Action initiative managed by the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy. Support provided by the Philadelphia Cultural Fund, Puffin Foundation, and John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
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