The Half-Written Play: A Theatrical Exploration of Community Decision Making in the Face of Climate Change

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The Half-Written Play: A Theatrical Exploration of Community Decision Making in the Face of Climate Change Sunday, June 7, 2026, 2-4 PM in the lecture hall in the Lawrence J. Yerdon Visitors Center Experience a unique, interactive performance that puts you at the center of the story.

Created by the University of New Hampshire’s PowerPLAY, this program explores how communities navigate difficult decisions around climate change at the local level. The play follows a group of citizens grappling with a divisive policy issue related to flooding. At a critical moment, the performance pauses, and the audience steps in to help shape what happens next. Your ideas guide the outcome, turning theatre into a shared problem-solving experience. This performance is associated with the New Frontiers in Research Fund which supports interdisciplinary international transformative programming. The Half-Written Play joins a team of projects being presented in Canada, the UK and Germany that are studying ways to use inter-active theatre and forms of design thinking to work toward communication and collaboration and to improve community decision-making related to climate change and sustainability challenges. Members $5; Nonmembers $10.