Beth Osnes-Stoedefalke
- Professor
- THEATRE
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Room C1B84 University Theatre Building
261 UCB
Boulder CO, 80309-0261
Office Hours: 10:30am - 12:15pm on Tuesdays
Research Interests
Beth Osnes is a theatre and performance studies artist/scholar who is active in applied performance and creative climate communication. She engages in performance to co-author and actualize an equitable, survivable, and thrive-able future for all life and the ecosystems upon which life depends.
Biography
Osnes’ most recent collaboration, , is an art-science approach to youth engagement for climate communication in relationship with local birds. This project features of large-scale bird puppets of numerous Colorado species. Side by Side was awarded major funding through the National Science Foundation Advancing Informal STEM Learning from 2023-2027. Her most recent creative work is , a performance experience designed for participants to travel through a butterfly’s metamorphosis from egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, to butterfly as a way of receiving guidance for change from the natural world. With her collaborator Max Boykoff, she explores climate comedy through and . for a climate musical by Osnes, Shine, are available for engaging youth in authoring climate and energy solutions. She co-developed , an online open-source collection of climate-related tools and activities, for student learning and climate action. Her books include and . She is co-director of for creative climate communication and co-founder of for female and non-binary youth vocal empowerment. She is featured in the award-winning documentary . She serves as the faculty advisor for CU’s Arts & Sciences Support of Education Through Technology.