Jeune Terre

by Gab Reisman

The waters are rising around Jeune Terre, Louisiana, and the land is slipping away. As scientists and state administrators bargain over the town's future, a theatre troupe arrives to tell an old story in a new way, just in time for a quickly approaching storm. This inventive new play with songs explores what it means to live on the edge of invisibility in a time of atmospheric change

The waters are rising around Jeune Terre, Louisiana, and the land is slipping away. As scientists and state administrators bargain over the town's future, a theatre troupe arrives to tell an old story in a new way, just in time for a quickly approaching storm. This inventive new play with songs explores what it means to live on the edge of invisibility in a time of atmospheric change

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Jeune Terre

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  • Cheryl Bear: Jeune Terre

    A moving look at the struggle for a town's future and the people who are living in it. Well done.

    A moving look at the struggle for a town's future and the people who are living in it. Well done.

  • David Valdes: Jeune Terre

    Having spent a lot of time in rural communities outside N.O., I find this play incredibly truthful about local life and culture, and the voices are distinct. I think it’s a theatrical, fresh way to take on climate change (as one topic) while tapping into universal notions of individual vs society, home/place, what art does or doesn't do, and the struggle of choosing between evils.

    Having spent a lot of time in rural communities outside N.O., I find this play incredibly truthful about local life and culture, and the voices are distinct. I think it’s a theatrical, fresh way to take on climate change (as one topic) while tapping into universal notions of individual vs society, home/place, what art does or doesn't do, and the struggle of choosing between evils.

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization The Playwrights Center, Year 2019
  • Type Workshop, Organization Coastal Carolina University, Year 2019
  • Type Commission, Organization New Plays at Barnard, Year 2017
  • Type Workshop, Organization Ingram New Works Lab, Year 2017
  • Type Commission, Organization Ensemble Studio Theatre / Sloan Foundation , Year 2016

Production History

  • Type University, Organization Barnard College , Year 2018