Conceived by performer/co-creator Naomi Newman, “World on Fire” is an ensemble music-theatre performance on climate change. Newman's long-time collaborator Corey Fischer (Fischer and Newman were co-founders of Traveling Jewish Theatre, 1978-2012) is directing Newman and accomplished cross-genre musicians Barbara Borden (drummer/percussionist) and Susanne DiVincenzo (bass/cello) in this new project.
From W. H. Auden’s desire to show “An affirming flame” to Guamanian poet Craig Santos Perez’ insight that “…we won’t survive any other way /except in this form in which humans and nature are kin,” and Lucille Clifton’s ”grief for the grass/that is older than adam / grief for what is born / human / grief for what is not.” “World on Fire” unlocks the essential wisdom of poetry, music and the human voice to evoke the interconnectedness of all life in this moment of planetary crisis.
