The third instalment in the Arctic Cycle, a series of plays that looks at the social and environmental impacts of the climate crisis on the eight Arctic states
Harveys suck. Whether hurricanes or Hollywood producers, they prey on vulnerable people and ecosystems. Harveys especially prey on women, including the one in No More Harveys, who flees her abusive husband and heads for Alaska to reunite with friends – and instead encounters the wonder of whales. In turns funny, insightful, and moving, No More Harveys presents a world dominated by colonialism, capitalism, and patriarchy where the problems that plague our communities, be we women or whales, share the same gnarled roots.
Chantal Bilodeau is a Montréal-born, New York-based playwright and translator whose work focuses on the intersection of science, policy, art, and climate change. She is currently at work on a series of eight plays that look at the social and environmental changes taking place in the eight Arctic states, with the first two plays of the series – Sila and Forward – published by Talonbooks.
…Talonbooks’ latest play, No More Harveys by Chantal Bilodeau has arrived! In turns funny, … insightful, and moving, No More Harveys is the third instalment in the Arctic Cycle, a … on the eight Arctic states. The protagonist of No More Harveys is sure of one thing: be they hurricanes or … the wonder of whales. Read an excerpt from No More Harveys here: WOMAN Think about me and Teri and Sonya and … baleen for filtering food. Witty and clear-eyed, No More Harveys is an unmissable play that presents a world …