What You Won't Do For Love
A Why Not Theatre Production
Written by Tara Cullis, Miriam Fernandes, Ravi Jain and David Suzuki
Directed by Ravi Jain
Originally commissioned and produced with the support of TO Live and Soulpepper
DIRECTED BY
Ravi Jain
WRITTEN BY
Tara Cullis
Miriam Fernandes
Ravi Jain
David Suzuki
PERFORMED BY
Tara Cullis
Miriam Fernandes
Sturla Alvsvaag
David Suzuki
MUSIC BY
Meg Roe
ORIGINAL PRODUCTION CONCEPT BY
Ravi Jain
DRAMATURGY BY
Kevin Matthew Wong / Broadleaf Theatre
MUSICAL ARRANGEMENTS
Alessandro Juliani
A WALK IN THE SPRING, VOICE-OVER
Felix MacDuff
STORYBOARD ARTIST
Dylan Humphreys
FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY
Pool Service Productions
Director of Photography - Julian Geraets
Camera Operator - Phil Collins
Camera Operator - Dallas Sauer
Sound - Peter Robinson
Gaffer - Joshua Carballo
Editors - Phil Collins, Dallas Sauer
Production Assistant - Maria Zarrillo
BLIND AND LOW-VISION ACCESS CONSULTANT
Alex Bulmer
BLIND AND LOW-VISION ACCESS PODCAST EDITOR
Derek Kwan
WHY NOT THEATRE INTRODUCTION VIDEOGRAPHER
Devin McNulty
BTS PHOTOGRAPHY
Matt Reznek
WORDMARK DESIGNER
Abigail F. Aries
WEBSITE DESIGNER
James Ramlal
LEGAL COUNSEL
C. Derrick Chua, Barrister & Solicitor
RESEARCH SERVICES
Provided by The Research House Clearance Services Inc.
“Our love radiates out from the physical to metaphysical, we share in our ideas and our greatest love is our children who are the product of our love and that means we love the planet that sustains us.”
— David Suzuki, Performer, Co-Writer
Sonnet 18: Shall I Compare Thee to Summer’s Day
- William Shakespeare
The play begins with Tara reciting one of Shakespeare’s best known sonnets.
A Walk in the Spring (excerpt)
- David Suzuki
A poem in the play, written by David himself as a 13 year old in 1949.
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
- William Wordsworth
A lyric poem referenced in the play and which is considered an exemplar of British Romantic Poetry. David recalls that it was often cited by his father.
On Imagination (excerpt)
- Phillis Wheatley
A famous 18th century poem by Wheatley. It is read by Sturla in the play.
Hope is the Thing with Feathers
- Emily Dickinson
This lyric poem is recited by Miriam at the end of the play. It connects to the play’s theme of hope as an empowering tool to contend with despair when faced with adversity.
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THE JUMP — Make at least one life shift to change the system
04
End Climate Silence — a volunteer organization helping the media cover the climate crisis.
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It’s Possible — A UN Climate Change Podcast.
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How and Why to Have Climate Change Conversations — David Suzuki Foundation
All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis (2020)
The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines. Michael E. Mann (2012)
The Madhouse Effect: How climate change denial is threatening our planet, destroying our politics and driving us crazy. Michael Mann and Tom Toles (2016)
Climate Change: What Everyone Needs to Know. Joseph Romm (2016)
Merchants of Doubt. Naomi Oreskes and Eric Conway (2010)
Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era. Amory Lovins (2011)
Exxon: The Road Not Taken. By Neela Banerjee et al. (2015)
Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming. James Hoggan (2009)
The Climate Casino. William Nordhaus (2013)
Climate Change and Renewable Energy: How to End the Climate Crisis. Martin Bush (2019)
Climate Change Adaptation in Small Island Developing States. Martin Bush (2018)
Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming. Paul Hawken (2017)
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History. Elizabeth Kolber (and Company LLC. 2014)
Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature and Climate Change. Elizabeth Kolbert (2016)
A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency. Seth Klein (2020)
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life after Warming. David Wallace-Wells (2019)
Value(s): Building a Better World for All. Mark Carney (2021)
The Sacred Balance (2002)
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
I Am Greta (2020)
Microplastics Madness (2019)
First Hand: Climate Change Stories - Norma’s Story (2015)
Live from #COP25: Special Event on #ClimateEmergency (2019)
What You Won’t Do For Love was filmed on the unceded territories of the Laich-Kwil-Tach, specifically the land of the We Wai Kai, and the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.Why Not Theatre’s activities take place in Tkaronto, the land of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee, and the Anishinabek First Nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit. This territory is covered by the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement between the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations) Confederacy and the Anishnaabe (Ojibwe) and allied nations to peaceably share and care for the lands and the relationships around the Great Lakes.We acknowledge all of the storytellers, knowledge keepers and caretakers who have stewarded this land from time immemorial and will continue to do so far into the future.What You Won’t Do For Love was filmed on the unceded territories of the Laich-Kwil-Tach, specifically the land of the We Wai Kai, and the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
Why Not Theatre, TO Live, and Soulpepper’s activities take place in Tkaronto, the land of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee, and the Anishinabek First Nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit. This territory is covered by the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement between the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations) Confederacy and the Anishnaabe (Ojibwe) and allied nations to peaceably share and care for the lands and the relationships around the Great Lakes.
We acknowledge all of the storytellers, knowledge keepers and caretakers who have stewarded this land from time immemorial and will continue to do so far into the future.
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