Office of Sustainability, Landscape and Arboretum Program, Environmental and Urban Studies Program, Chartwells Dining Services, Center for Civic Engagement, Bard Office of Sustainability, Bard MBA in Sustainability, Bard College Alumni/ae Association, and Bard Center for Environmental Policy Present
Storyhorse Documentary Theater
GOOD DIRT
Sunday, October 2, 2016
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
3:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
3:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Performance, discussion and community picnic
Written by Jeremy Davidson
Directed by Mary Stuart Masterson
Copresented by the National Young Farmers Coalition and Bard CEP
Good DirtWritten by Jeremy Davidson
Directed by Mary Stuart Masterson
Copresented by the National Young Farmers Coalition and Bard CEP
Sunday October 2, 3 pm
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theatre
Community Picnic to follow on Fisher Center Lawn
"Each seed has a story. Cultural stories. Drama. Romance. Tragedy. History . . . and every time you plant a seed you're going to become part of that story . . . So it's important to know where our seeds come from. Who's growing them. And which stories we're growing in our own backyards."
— Ken Greene, the Hudson Valley Seed Library
Mary Stuart Masterson and Jeremy Davidson document the lives of Hudson Valley farmers in this latest play from Tivoli-based Storyhorse Documentary Theater. Good Dirt is a multimedia performance based on interviews with six farm families, illustrating the fragility of our agricultural heritage and the need for engagement and investment in its present and future. The performance will be followed by a community picnic with offerings from many local businesses whose products celebrate the bounty of Hudson Valley farms.
The farms in this piece include the Hudson Valley Seed Library (Accord), Denison Farm (Schaghticoke), Green Goats (Red Hook), Soul Fire Farm (Grafton), Tello’s Green Farm (Coxsackie), and Northwind Farms (Tivoli).
Introduction by Lindsey Lusher Shute (CEP '07), Executive Director of the National Young Farmers Coalition.
Read more about GOOD DIRT in this article from Modern Farmer!
CEP & MBA STUDENTS AND ALUMNI: Please e-mail Caroline Ramaley for a complimentary ticket.
General admission: Tickets $15–20, $5 for students with I.D.
Poster available for download below.
Download: GoodDirtPoster.pdf
For more information, call 845-758-7348, or e-mail [email protected].
Time: 3:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Location: Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater