Coming in 2025: Metra the *PODCAST!*
Our world is shaped by the stories we choose to tell.
Who benefits from the myth that we need fossil fuels to survive?
Whose story tells us that transformation is impossible?
What if we released the old stories—the ones that are killing us?
What if we made a new myth, for a new world?
the world
2043. Shit’s bad. Despite lip service to climate action, the fossil fuel industry continues to thrive. The rich continue to ignore it, isolated in air-conditioned Bubble communities and reaping the benefits of disaster capitalism. But in a roadside bar on the Outside, a group of revolutionaries is about to demand a new story.
“We are shaping the future we long for and have not yet experienced. I believe that we are in an imagination battle."
adrienne maree brown
Metra: A Climate Revolution with Songs
…is a new musical created by Ned Hartford (book, music, lyrics) and Emily Hartford (book; director). The show received a premiere production with New York City’s Flux Theatre Ensemble in fall 2022 at Abrons Arts Center. An expanded version of the show was presented in a concert reading at Judson in May 2024, starring Tony-nominee Jeannette Bayardelle. Next up: Metra the fiction podcast!
All images by Isaiah Tanenbaum Theatrical Photography