The Bushwick Starr presents
The 9th Annual BIG GREEN THEATER Festival
by Superhero Clubhouse with PS75 + PS239
Friday, April 26, 2019 at 6:30PM
The Bushwick Starr
207 Starr Street
Between Wyckoff & Irving
Brooklyn,
NY
11237
L Train to Jefferson Street
The Bushwick Starr Presents:
The 9th Annual BIG GREEN THEATER Festival
Created in collaboration with Superhero Clubhouse
Plays written by Bushwick elementary school students at PS75 + PS239
Performances April 25 - 28
Thursday at 7pm (PS75): Free!
Friday at 6:30pm (PS239): $50 Benefit Event + Performance
Saturday at 1pm (PS75) + 4pm (PS239): Free!
Sunday at 1pm (PS239) + 4pm (PS75): Free!
*$50 benefit ticket includes a pre-show sunset reception on the Starr's patio starting at 6:30pm, with open bar, light bites, garden crafts & auction, and a seat at the show at 7:30pm
Big Green Theater (BGT) is an eco-playwriting program for public elementary students in which kids write plays about local ecology, climate change, and environmental justice, then see their work produced professionally for audiences of their peers and families.
This year's plays are inspired by two big problems facing local eco-systems: development and climate change. Student playwrights have created a menagerie of characters who live in a community surrounding an urban salt marsh (much like this one in Brooklyn's Marine Park). Throughout the plays, this community of humans and non-humans face pollution, deforestation, giant storms, poaching, and heat waves that threaten the survival of the marsh eco-system, ultimately finding solace and solutions in each other.
THE BIG GREEN GARDEN PARTY
A family-friendly springtime celebration of the Big Green Theater education program and performance festival, benefiting The Bushwick Starr.
FRIDAY APRIL 26
The Bushwick Starr
207 Starr Street BK NY 11237
(between Wyckoff and Irving, closest MTA stop is Jefferson St on the L line)
6:30pm - Sunset reception on the Starr’s patio, with specialty drinks, plant-based small plates, and vegan sweet treats. Plus, craft your own flower crown, and enter our potted plant raffle to take some greenery home with you!
7:30pm - Performance of the 9th Annual Big Green Theater Festival of student-written work about urgent environmental issues, performed by professional actors with eco-friendly design and recycled materials
8:30pm - The party continues with more sips, bites, mingling with the actors, and remarks from the Starr’s Artistic Director Noel Allain
Your $50 ticket, including open bar, light bites, and a seat at the show, helps the Starr reach our goal to raise $10,000 in support of all our community initiatives. By joining the party, you create fertile ground for arts education and engagement programs that will serve 120 Bushwick students and seniors from age 9 to 90 this year.
Dress: Festive and floral! AND, you can craft your own flower crown to top off your ensemble during the pre-show reception!
Drinks by Precious Metal Bar, Irving Bottle, Greenport Harbor Brewing Company, Sixpoint Brewery, and Tito’s Handmade Vodka.
Food by Amituofu Vegan Cuisine, and Desserts by Brooklyn Whiskers.
Potted Plant Raffle sponsored by Gowanus Nursery and Stems Brooklyn.
