Foreword

The entertainment industry’s best known amphibian once sang, “It’s not that easy being green.” Though I am reluctant to disagree with the famous frog’s sentiment, A Practical Guide to Greener Theatre: Introduce Sustainability Into Your Productions will make it easier—if not easy—for every person working in theatre to be greener. By bringing together a small cast of knowledgeable and experienced contributors, Ellen E. Jones has produced a valuable resource for making theatre practices more environmentally responsible at every level of production.

Theatre people have largely resisted putting greener practices into place, whether from ignorance or concern about somehow lessening the aesthetic impact of our work. This book provides incontrovertible ...

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