Swimming With the Polar Bears
LIVE SIMULCAST FROM UN SUMMIT ON CLIMATE CHANGE

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Swimming with the Polar Bears is a funny, poignant, and devastatingly personal look at the dangers of global warming. Actor Mel England returns to the autobiographical one-man arena, with director Jill André, to explore the parallels between contemporary life, ancient Eskimo mythology, and the tragic loss of endangered species.

In the tradition of Spaulding Grey, England takes an introspective examination of his battles with extinction – from surviving childhood abuse to overcoming Cancer – as a backdrop for larger questions of how we all can survive on our precious planet. A 20-year AIDS survivor, England struggles against the odds—to understand our own denial, grasp justifications, and ultimately accept responsibility to save oneself.

England takes us on a fantastical journey bringing Polar Bears to life -- with video and images by National Geographic’s Tristan Bayer and original music by Thomas Silcott – and, in the end, we find we are all Swimming with the Polar Bears.

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SYZYGY THEATRE hosts special Benefit performance of the Off Broadway Production to benefit Climate Project and Syzygy Theatre Group...
Production photos: Anthony Wandell
Poster Design: Todd Petelle
Poster Photos by Lisa Franchot and Tristan Bayer
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