Team
Mary MacKeen
Actor, Director
Mary is a junior at Skidmore College, where she is pursuing her Bachelor's of Science in Social Work. She is the current president of Skidomedy, one of Skidmore's comedy clubs, and is a member of the Skidmore Theater Company. She will be directing and acting in The Penguin as part of Skidmore's "Chill Out Fall Festival Environmental Extravaganza" (C.O.F.F.E.E.), an event put on as part of Climate Change Theater Action 2021. Mary is an avid lover of art, the outdoors, making change, and making people laugh.
Nicolas Billon
Playwright
Nicolas "Nic" Billon is a Canadian writer and artist, best known theatrically for his plays The Elephant Song, Iceland, and Butcher. He has also adapted a number of plays, including Chekhov's Three Sisters, Aeschylus' Agamemnon, and Moliere's The Sicilian. He is the recipient of the Governor General's Award for English-language drama, the Canadian Screen Award, and the WGC Screenwriting Award. His work has been produced around the world. For more information, visit www.nicolasbillon.com or e-mail nicolas@nicolasbillon.com.
TH334: Theater and Climate Change
Taught by Dr. Lisa Jackson-Schebetta
This event is a culmination of the hard work, passion, creativity, and dedication of the students in TH334: Theater and Climate Change at Skidmore College. Posed with the question of how to engage with CCTA, the students decided to put on a festival. They hope to center joy and possibility in climate justice work rather than apocalypse narratives. C.O.F.F.E.E. would not have been possible to create without the guidance, support, teaching, and utterly herculean administrative effort on behalf of the miraculous Dr. Lisa Jackson-Schebetta.