Vital Matters is a Baltimore-based laboratory for change led by Michele Minnick. On December 11, 2021, in collaboration with Single Carrot Theatre and Submersive Productions, Vital Matters gathered theatre makers, artists, and community members from around Baltimore for "Winter Seeds," an evening of short play readings, entertainment and conversation related to climate change. This unique event, which took place at The Voxel, was a part of Climate Change Theatre Action. I participated as a puppeteer, and two of the puppets were previously designed and fabricated by me.

LISTEN TO VANESSSA NAKATE
By: Aleya Kassam
From: Kenya
Director - Trustina Fafa Sabah
Actor - Anna Mwalagho
ASL Interpreter - Renuka Purimetla
Actor - Dana Woodson

ORIGINAL SONG: I WILL
Songwriter and Performer - Deletta Gillespie

THE PENGUIN
By: Nicolas Billon
From: Canada
Director - Genevieve DeMahy
Actor - Paul Diem

GENNY & M.D.
By: Submersive Productions
Puppets - Ursula Marcum
Puppeteers - Ursula Marcum, Jess Rassp
Emcee - Michele Minnick

FRIENDS FOR LIFE
By: Himali Kothari
From: India
Director - Shobha Subramanian
Actor - Nadia Nazar
Actor - Kiren Balakrishnan

ORIGINAL SONG: I SCREAM
Songwriter and Performer- Jamie Gansell

A WINDOW
By: Whiti Hereaka
From: New Zealand
Director - Katie Hileman
Actor - Dana Woodson
Actor - Griffin DeLisle
Actor - David Brasington

THE OYSTERS
By: Miranda Rose Hall
From: Baltimore/USA
Director - Sarah Gretchen Doccolo
Actor - Dana Woodson
Actor - Jessie Delaplaine
Actor - Sarah Gretchen Doccolo
Puppets - Jess Rassp
Puppeteers - Ursula Marcum, Jess Rassp

LIFEDAY
By: Jessica Huang
From: USA
Actor - Deletta Gillespie