HEDDA on FIRE - A Play Inspired by Ibsen and Climate Grief

by Jeanette Farr

The climate crisis is past it's tipping point, and scientists are nearly extinct. Hedda, a bacteriologist may have the answer, but her relationship, misophonia, and eco-terrorism are preventing key answers to solving the problem. Will talking bacteria, mysterious women, or a Norwegian Viking Ship hold the answers to how we will survive?

The climate crisis is past it's tipping point, and scientists are nearly extinct. Hedda, a bacteriologist may have the answer, but her relationship, misophonia, and eco-terrorism are preventing key answers to solving the problem. Will talking bacteria, mysterious women, or a Norwegian Viking Ship hold the answers to how we will survive?

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HEDDA on FIRE - A Play Inspired by Ibsen and Climate Grief

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  • Playwrights Foundation: HEDDA on FIRE - A Play Inspired by Ibsen and Climate Grief by Jeanette Farr
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    The community of National Committee readers for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced HEDDA ON FIRE as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We were compelled by this non-linear story about the toll climate change has on the researchers, as Hedda is a climate change hero striving to find answers in the permafrost. We were compelled by the symbolism and rituals as this Hedda is determined to understand the earth, and is frustrated and resigned by humanity's fate. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this...

    The community of National Committee readers for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced HEDDA ON FIRE as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We were compelled by this non-linear story about the toll climate change has on the researchers, as Hedda is a climate change hero striving to find answers in the permafrost. We were compelled by the symbolism and rituals as this Hedda is determined to understand the earth, and is frustrated and resigned by humanity's fate. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play's journey towards production. #BAPF46

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Development History

  • Reading, Playwright's Union, Los Angeles, 2022
  • Workshop, California State University, Stanislaus, 2022
  • Residency, Tofte Lake Center, 2021
  • Commission, California State University, Stanislaus, 2021

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