voicesfromchernobyl.net

The possible consequences of nuclear energy are so horrendous most people avoid thinking about the issue. Through theater people can think of the unthinkable. Viewing a performance can draw people together and facilitate a public conversation about such complex and difficult issues. For this purpose the Lintilhac Foundation is supporting VOICES FROM CHERNOBYL--a readers’ theater project--to help citizens wrestle with these issues in communities around Vermont and beyond.

VOICES FROM CHERNOBYL is a play that weaves together stories told by survivors of the catastrophic explosion that occurred at the nuclear plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine on April 26, 1986. Readers’ theater is not difficult to mount. Actors read from a script so they do not have to memorize lines. The play runs about 45 minutes so there is plenty of time for good discussion afterwards. The VOICES FROM CHERNOBYL project will help you stage your own reading or arrange for an established cast to come to your town for a performance.

• Come to a performance of the readers theater.
• Stage or host a reading with members of your community.
• Download a copy (mp3) of the Voices from Chernobyl radio program at  WGDR.
• Order an audio CD of the Voices from Chernobyl program.