Mission

HeatWave is a project which brings together the professional Los Angeles Theatre Community – writers, devised theatre makers and producing theatre companies – to confront and grapple with environmental issues, including Climate Change and issues of Environmental Justice. HeatWave is designed to generate new works and connect the Theatre Community to the Environmental Community, as well as promote and facilitate greener practices in operations and production.

HeatWave aims to insprire and challenge us to create plays and events that are entertaining, hopeful and dramatic, using the big toolbox of theatrical methods. HeatWave hopes to spark meaningful and creative cultural discourse with our audiences on the state of the planet and our place on it, empowering a ripple of activism and spurring meaningful change.

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Partners

HeatWave is produced by Rogue Machine Theatre (RMT) in Association with LA Stage Alliance, Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts (CSPA), Arts: Earth Partnership (AEP) and TreePeople.

An environmental nonprofit that unites the power of trees, people and technology to grow a sustainable future for Los Angeles. Visit >>

A green membership and certification program and dynamic materials resource specifically developed for the creative sector. Visit >>

The CSPA provides a network of resources to artists and arts organizations by gathering and distributing information from partnering information sources, and through the development of special initiatives designed to enable sustainable practices while maintaining artistic excellence. Visit >>

LA Stage Alliance is dedicated to building awareness, appreciation and support for the performing arts in Greater Los Angeles through audience engagement, community building, collaborative marketing, professional development and advocacy. Visit >>

Rogue Machine seeks to be a theatre of ideas and a theatre of imagination; a theatre which creates worlds which mirror and examine contemporary culture and current manifestations of conscience and consciousness. Visit >>

Events

Recent and Upcoming HeatWave events:

Playwrights and Environmentalists Day
Saturday, September 29, 2012

Following the success of the first event at TreePeople, HeatWave and LA Stage Alliance announce a free event for playwrights and environmentalists on Saturday, September 29, 2012 from 9am to 1pm. The emphasis will be on connecting playwrights and theatre-makers to some of the compelling environmental justice issues facing various people and neighborhoods around Los Angeles. Watch for announcements of participating speakers and organizations coming soon. Location TBD.
HeatWave Inaugural Reading Series
Sunday, January 13, 2013

HeatWave is seeking projects for our first reading series in January 2013.

Submission Deadline: November 30, 2012.

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HeatWave Earth Day Festival
Friday, April 19, 2013 to Sunday, April 21, 2013

Along with performances and staged readings in spaces, theatres and sites all over the city, participating theatre companies will receive and distribute colorful program inserts listing organizations that HeatWave is supporting and ways to go greener. Promotional materials announcing your participation in HeatWave will also be provided, along with fundraising "buckets" and materials for the Environmental Organizations.

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HeatWave Conference (Past)
Saturday, June 9, 2012

9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Our June kick-off event at TreePeople’s Conference Center in Coldwater Canyon Park included participants from TreePeople, LA Stage Alliance, Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts, Arts: Earth Partnership, the Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment and Union de Vecinos, among others.


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