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An outdoor, socially-distanced piece by Lupine Performance Cooperative for the 2021 Fringe Festival

It is 2022. Corporate corruption and political posturing threaten to destroy the planet. Tired of half measures, you have joined an “eco-terrorist” cell with sights on a local target. Audio from your comrades guides you on an immersive journey through the city, where you decide how far you'll go.

Part immersive performance, part audio play, part walking tour, this roughly 60 minute ambulatory adventure will use audio and written instructions to help you navigate your way through downtown Philadelphia. A smartphone is required to access content.

Tickets can be reserved on the FringeArts website.

Please note that this is an outdoor event. You will need a smart phone to access content. Masks are strongly recommended, regardless of an individual’s vaccination status.

It is the final decade for humans to redress our impact on the planet. Since you attended an eye-opening environmental lecture several years ago, you have joined the fight against the many-headed hydra of climate change with increasing fervor. But no matter how many marches, letters to politicians, protests, donations, and local and global campaigns you organize, it seems the forces against you only grow stronger. You're tired and frustrated, and the world is on the brink. You decide the time for nonviolence is over.

New World Rising! made headlines in late 2021 when a spate of explosions targeting heavy-polluting corporations and corrupt politicians ripped across the country. Inspired by aggressive forebearers Earth First! and Earth Liberation Front, NWR used anonymous publications, coded briefings, and pirate radio to activate self-organizing collectives willing to "inflict economic damage on those profiteering from destruction of the Earth." You have tracked down passionate members of the growing but secretive Philadelphia cell, and you are joining them to take down a local target. But however strong your ideals, the risks are great, and your own future hangs in the balance.

Associated Artists

Lead artist/writer - Linnea Bond

Director/dramaturg - Tenara Calem

Partner - Ang Bey

Hyde - Sohrab Hagvherdi

Rady - Kadeem Ali Harris

Additional voices by Linnea Bond & Tenara Calem

Logo design by Eli Studer