adaptation.resilience

by Jennie Webb

Jess and Bev have been together longer than either of them thought they would be. And after a California wildfire, things in their respective fields—Climate Change and Emergency Management—are heating up, affecting them in ways they didn’t see coming. "adaptation.resilience" is a play about sustaining love and navigating grief in times of extreme disruption.

Jess and Bev have been together longer than either of them thought they would be. And after a California wildfire, things in their respective fields—Climate Change and Emergency Management—are heating up, affecting them in ways they didn’t see coming. "adaptation.resilience" is a play about sustaining love and navigating grief in times of extreme disruption.

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  • Heather Helinsky: adaptation.resilience by Jennie Webb
    “

    This is a play about women who make noise: a climate change communicator & an LA County crisis management worker, and the toll it takes on their own relationship. I can always trust Jennie's plays to be a tense web of issues that are both personal & political, with stylized and symbolic theatricality. Jess is paralyzed with grief, while Bev's fight-or-flight kicks in, and I was kept in suspense if these professionals who trade in adaptation & resilience can withstand their own multiple fires.

    This is a play about women who make noise: a climate change communicator & an LA County crisis management worker, and the toll it takes on their own relationship. I can always trust Jennie's plays to be a tense web of issues that are both personal & political, with stylized and symbolic theatricality. Jess is paralyzed with grief, while Bev's fight-or-flight kicks in, and I was kept in suspense if these professionals who trade in adaptation & resilience can withstand their own multiple fires.

    ”

Character Information

  • JESS
    Works as a Climate Change Consultant. Keeps her distance. Considers and plans.
    40s/50s
    BIPOC
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      30s,
      40s,
      50s,
      60s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      Asian, Pacific Islander, or Asian American,
      Black, African, Caribbean, or African American,
      Indigenous, First Nation, or Native American,
      Latinx/o/a or Hispanic,
      Middle Eastern, North African, or Arab American,
      Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander,
      South Asian or South Asian American
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Woman,
      Non-binary
  • BEV
    Works for the County Department of Emergency Operations as a Public Information Officer. In your face. Demands action.
    40s/50s
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      30s,
      40s,
      50s,
      60s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Woman,
      Non-binary
  • LEONARD
    Works repairing vacuums
    70s/80s
    Any
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      50s,
      60s,
      70s+
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Man,
      Non-binary
  • WOMAN WHO MAKES NOISE
    An onstage presence. Vocalist & percussionist/instrumentalist a plus.
    Early 20s
    BIPOC
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      Teens,
      20s,
      30s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      Asian, Pacific Islander, or Asian American,
      Black, African, Caribbean, or African American,
      Indigenous, First Nation, or Native American,
      Latinx/o/a or Hispanic,
      Middle Eastern, North African, or Arab American,
      Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander,
      South Asian or South Asian American
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Woman,
      Non-binary

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