Dream on the Farm 2023 “The More Things Change”

The More Things Change is the latest performance in the DREAM ON THE FARM
series of climate change-themed plays created and performed by Farm Arts
Collective. The original musical performance will premiere August 8th at
Willow Wisp Organic Farm and run until August 13th.
The story centers on a multi-generational family who is offered a large sum
of money to sell their organic farm to a group of developers who want to
turn the farm into a “bio-diversity” theme park called Eco-Land.
Told in a series of memories by the narrator–a family member who lives as
a hermit in the nearby woods–the audience is led across the farm to
witness scenes and vignettes featuring the various family members. When the
developers arrive on the farm and make their offer, a riveting family drama
unfolds as they decide what to do in the face of climate change—to sell or
not to sell?
The More Things Change is play #4 in the Dream on the Farm series taking
place from 2020-2030. Created and performed by the Farm Arts Collective
ensemble the original work features live music, spectacle, and a poetry of
performance that works in a unique harmony with the landscape and bucolic
vistas of Willow Wisp Organic Farm, a 25-acre farm on the Delaware River.
The audience is invited to a farm-fresh meal following the show as part of
the performance experience.
CREDITS
Written by the Farm Arts Collective ensemble, directed by Tannis Kowalchuk,
music by Doug Rogers, performances by Pam Arnold, Jessica Barkl (and Zia),
Melissa Bell, Jess Beveridge, Beau Brazfield, Michael Chojnicki, Hudson
Williams-Eynon, Ginny Hack, Annie Hat, Tannis Kowalchuk, Lexee McKentee,
Doug Rogers, John Roth. Production design Sue Currier and Ace Thomas,
costumes by Chris Barkl and Karen Flood. Dramaturgy Mimi McGurl.
Supported by National Endowment for the Arts, Radio Drama Network, William
E. Chatlos Foundation, Honesdale National Bank and Deep Roots individual
donors.