Reading the Water- a solo play by Monica Hunken

For one night only I will perform my first solo play, Reading the Water, in order to raise fundsfor the remaining costs of the shipping container eco-house we built to blockade the AIM Pipeline. Co-Devised with and directed by Laura Newman Written and performed by Monica Hunken Originally produced at HERE Arts Center as part of the American Living Room Festival Photo by Fred Askew Buy tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2583760 This one-woman show attempts to uncover the life of an introverted scientist in love with the sea, and is a personal investigation of identity and loss. An engineer at Hughes Research Laboratory in in California, my father developed lung cancer that he attributed to exposure to heavy metals at his work. He took Hughes to court but subsequently lost the case and his life. I returned to California to interview and film my father’s co-workers, friends and family in an effort to better understand the circumstances of his death and learn about the man himself. The show will be followed by a short talk by members of ResistAIM. Saturday, July 30th 7:30pm Kraine Theater 85 East 4th Street NY, NY Tickets: $20 (or more if you wish!) About the container: From our press advisory: Just four days after 21 people were arrested for peacefully blockading the entrance to a Spectra Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) Pipeline work site, two people courageously locked themselves into a renewable-energy powered, 20-ft recycled shipping-container home at the work site, directly on the pipeline route. The AIM Pipeline is a 42-inch, high pressure, fracked gas pipeline, which if completed will run through residential communities and within 105 feet of critical Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant safety facilities. The fully self-contained home is a strong symbol of both resilience and resistance: It is intended to halt construction of the dangerous AIM Pipeline and to represent the safe alternative living situation we need to move towards to fight climate change and to halt our dependence on fossil fuel, which drives the buildout of dangerous infrastructure like the AIM Pipeline. The container home was built using reclaimed and recycled materials, is powered by both photovoltaic solar panels and a bicycle generator, has a green roof growing succulents and herbs, has a solar- heated shower and a compost toilet, and comfortable living space and beds for two occupants.