What would you do if your salad bit you back or started to talk? Inspired by the multimedia exhibit about the role of plants in science fiction literature, art, and cinematography on display at the University of Arizona in Fall 2022, this burlesque show brings together the natural sciences, visual culture, and art -  asking us to pay attention to what we often consider to be mere scenery and examine our thinking about plants. In light of our current ecological crisis, an encounter with plants as intelligent beings who talk back might just enable us to imagine different ways of living together on our shared planet. Developed in partneship with Dr. Joela Jacobs,  Assistant Professor of German Studies at the University of Arizona and the founder of the Literary and Cultural Plant Studies Network and Katharina Scheerer, PhD candidate at the Graduate School Practices of Literature in Münster, Germany and Dr. Pamela Pelletier.

Thanks to our sponsors: Tucson Audubon Society and the American Geophysical Union Voices for Science program