MANSFIELD, PA (03/30/2023) Four Commonwealth University-Mansfield
students from geosciences, Emili Sterling, Em (Emily) Donne, Kora Somma
and Morgan Mesaris, will engage in climate change public outreach at the
Warehouse Theatre in Wellsboro, April 21 -23.
In honor of
Earth Day (April 22), the theatre is featuring “The Moons of Jupiter,” a
play written by playwright Dr. Jessica Litwak, who created the work as
an interdisciplinary project linking science and theatre.
Performances
are on Friday and Saturday, April 21 and 22, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday,
April 23, at 2:30 p.m.. Tickets are $16 for adults and $8 for students.
The
play imagines a future when Earth has run out of fresh water and only
vodka is available. Water must be purchased on the black market and a
young scientist is trying to come up with a solution by designing a
spacecraft that can travel to one of Jupiter’s moons, in an effort to
collect water and save Earth.
Prior to each performance,
Mansfield’s geoscience students will present a public outreach session
focused on how climate change is expected to impact the state of
Pennsylvania through the remainder of this century.