The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF), Players Circle Theater, and FGCU faculty, students, and alumni are once again participating in a global festival of short plays about envisioning a world beyond the climate crisis, with two productions in December.

“The Time is Now” is this year’s theme for Climate Change Theatre Action, which marks its 10th anniversary after launching in 2015 as a global festival of short plays by playwrights worldwide, all focusing on the overarching theme of climate change.

Produced by Players Circle co-founder and producing director Carrie Lund Cacioppo, a selection of plays will be staged at SCCF’s Bailey Homestead on Sanibel on Dec. 3 and at Players Circle Theater on Dec. 8.

Throughout the evening, the audience will be invited to take part in a community conversation and interactive elements about climate change with ideas for taking action, led by members of the cast and SCCF staff.

In 2023, SCCF Adult Education Director Jenny Evans reached out to Cacioppo about partnering on performances in Southwest Florida. FGCU Associate Professor of Theater Kristin Mellian — who performed in and directed one of the plays in 2023 — joins the collaborative effort once again as well.

This year’s festival features ten new plays written under the theme “The Time Is Now,” and 40 of the greatest hits from the last decade. FGCU students will also be cast in the selection of eight of those plays — ones that invoke both humor and poignant realities.

A limited number of tickets are available for $10. Tickets for the Dec. 3, 7pm event at the SCCF Bailey Homestead may be placed here at the "Get tickets" button (to the right or below).

To order tickets for Players Circle Theater, Dec. 8 at 7 p.m., please call 239-800-3292.