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Using theater and the arts to empower communities in the energy transition
Intersection of roads and railroad tracks in a small coal mining town.

Image: iStock/McIninch

Using theater and the arts to empower communities in the energy transition

The arts can be a valuable tool for facilitating dialogue around the energy transition and ensuring community perspectives are represented in policy arenas.

From Kleinman Center for Energy Policy

Who, What, Why: Gwyn Roberts, director of Penn’s Early Music Ensembles, on 18th century female musicians 
five musicians standing and playing wind instruments

Gwyn Roberts (fourth from right) for three decades has been the director of Penn’s Early Music Ensembles.

(Image: Courtesy of Tempesta di Mare)

  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Gwyn Roberts, director of Penn’s Early Music Ensembles, on 18th century female musicians 

    A Penn student choir and Roberts’ baroque orchestra will perform a Vivaldi oratorio premiered by women and girls in Venice 300 years ago. 

    Louisa Shepard

    ‘Ladysitting’ on stage 
    Nolen, Lorene Cary, and Finister speaking with each other at Kelly Writers House.

    Lorene Cary (center) with actor Melanye Finister (right) and the Arden's Terry Nolen (left) at the Kelly Writers House. 

    Image: Delaney Parks

    ‘Ladysitting’ on stage 

    The new play “Ladysitting” at the Arden Theatre Co. is by Penn English faculty and alumna Lorene Cary, based on her memoir about caring for her grandmother in the last of her 101 years.

    Louisa Shepard

    Ukrainian artistry and resilience
    Dakhabraka posing by stone archway.

    DakhaBrakha, a musical quartet from Ukraine, will perform on March 3 at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.

    (Image: Andriy Petryna)

    Ukrainian artistry and resilience

    Through “Ukraine: The Edge of Freedom,” Penn Live Arts presents performances that uplift the culture of a nation during a time of war.
    ‘Bartok’s Monster’ challenges conventions of theater
    A cellist performing on stage.

    “Bartok’s Monster” is a fusion of lecture, concert, and theater.

    (Image: Courtesy of Penn Live Arts)

    ‘Bartok’s Monster’ challenges conventions of theater

    In “Bartok’s Monster,” an interdisciplinary collaboration, Daedalus Quartet will perform Bartok’s String Quartet No. 3 and other string pieces mixed with acting, choreography, and an array of striking visuals.
    On stage at Carnegie Hall
    Soundworks Tap Factory performing on stage at Carnegie Hall.

    Soundworks Tap Factory

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    On stage at Carnegie Hall

    More than 150 students were among nine performing arts groups that took to the stage at Carnegie Hall in New York City in the fifth “Toast to Dear Old Penn” showcase.

    Louisa Shepard

    Department of Music ensembles to perform in December
    two people playing stringed instruments, a violin and a cello

    (Image: Courtesy of the Penn Department of Music) 

    Department of Music ensembles to perform in December

    Hundreds of undergraduate students will perform in orchestral and choral concerts in December as part of Department of Music ensembles.

    Louisa Shepard

    Equity in Action Visiting Scholars program launches
    "The Art of Song and Protest" event.

    Ruth Naomi Floyd, one of two Equity in Action Visiting Scholars this year, leads a panel discussion with Jillian Patricia Pirtle, Lynne Farrington, and Jay Fluellen in the first of four events about the great contralto Marian Anderson.

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    Equity in Action Visiting Scholars program launches

    The Office of Social Equity & Community welcomes Ruth Naomi Floyd and Shane Claiborne who will engage in research and each hold four events this academic year.
    ‘Be Holding’: A collaboration that feels improvisational
    be holding wide stage view

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    ‘Be Holding’: A collaboration that feels improvisational

    A three-year partnership among Penn faculty, a poet, a quartet, and a high school results in an original production that premiered in Philadelphia this year.

    Louisa Shepard