A musical uprising for the Earth
A musical uprising for the Earth

Dear Everything is a riveting story driven by galvanizing and emotional pop and folk music that speaks to the dialectic of our times  – adults focused on surviving the now, and youth with a fierce eye on the future. With empathy, complexity and outrage it addresses the most pressing issue of our day – the climate crisis.

The piece is brought to life by a cast of ten and a narrator.  In each city, a local youth choir will join the production backing up the cast.

Dear Everything tells an urgent story driven by galvanizing and emotional pop and folk music, that speaks to the dialectic of our times—adults focused on surviving the now as youth hold a fierce eye on the future. With empathy and outrage, it addresses the most pressing issue of our day—the climate crisis.

Born through the collective synergy of Tony Award-winning playwright V (formerly Eve Ensler); the Tony-winning director/Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director of the A.R.T., Diane Paulus (Pippin, Waitress); Grammy and Golden Globe-nominated songwriter Justin Tranter (Chappell Roan, Selena Gomez); singer and songwriter Caroline Pennell; songwriter and music producer Eren Cannata; and orchestrator Daniel Crean; with contributions by Tony Award winner, Idina Menzel, the U.S. tour is produced by V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against women, gender expansive people and the Earth, in association with the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University.

The piece is brought to life by a cast of ten and a narrator.  In each city, a local youth choir will join the production backing up the cast.

TOUR 2025

ATLANTA
Thursday, September 25
The Eastern

MIAMI BEACH
Sunday, September 28
Miami Beach Bandshell

LOS ANGELES
Tuesday, September 30
El Rey Theatre

SALT LAKE CITY
Friday, October 3
Union Event Center

Dear Everything grew out of the urgent and profound need to respond to the current terrifying state of the climate crisis. How do we awaken ourselves to the current emergency which will eventually, without our full-scale intervention and response, swallow us whole?  This is where Dear Everything comes in. The scale of the climate crisis requires the mobilization of millions to become active locally and globally.

Dear Everything follows a group of adults in a small town willing to sacrifice their forest for money, and the young people, led by Sophia, a teenage girl, whose determination to save the forest endows them with powers they never knew they had. It is a story that shows us what can happen when people break free from their individual mindsets to embrace collective action. Dear Everything explores how young people are navigating the climate crisis and facing the prospect of a future they are being told may not exist.

Dear Everything follows a group of adults in a small town willing to sacrifice their forest for money, and the young people, led by Sophia, a teenage girl, whose determination to save the forest endows them with powers they never knew they had. It is a story that shows us what can happen when people break free from their individual mindsets to embrace collective action. Dear Everything explores how young people are navigating the climate crisis and facing the prospect of a future they are being told may not exist.

Youth are leading the way in the climate movement. Dear Everything breaks through people’s denial and feelings of powerlessness.

This is a transformational project, one that will take a global, non-traditional path in order to engage the millions of new audiences who long to be an active part of change, and who will be energized by seeing themselves and their stories represented. It is a musical uprising, an artistic tool to amplify, and spread, and deepen the climate movement throughout the country and eventually the world.

Produced by V-Day, in association with American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, the project was born through the collective synergy of Tony and Obie Award-winning playwright V (formerly Eve Ensler), Tony and Obie Award-winning/ Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director of the American Repertory Theater, Diane Paulus. Grammy and Golden Globe-nominated songwriter Justin Tranter, Caroline Pennell, Eren Cannata, and Daniel Crean, with contributions by Tony and Obie Award-winner, Idina Menzel, and produced by Tony Montenieri, Adam McKay, Yellow Dot Studios and Willowrow Entertainment, and supported in part by the Ford Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Through our run at The American Repertory Theater and a sold out, one-night-only concert event at New York City’s Terminal 5, we have seen the impact of this piece and its ability to shift consciousness and ignite individuals to fight for the future of our planet.

Youth are leading the way in the climate movement. Dear Everything breaks through people’s denial and feelings of powerlessness. Dear Everything breaks through people’s denial and feelings of powerlessness and engages the millions of new audiences who long to be an active part of change, and who will be energized by seeing themselves and their stories represented. It is a musical uprising, an artistic tool to amplify, and spread, and deepen the climate movement throughout the country and eventually the world.

TOUR 2025

ATLANTA
Thursday, September 25
The Eastern

MIAMI BEACH
Sunday, September 28
Miami Beach Bandshell

LOS ANGELES
Tuesday, September 30
El Rey Theatre

SALT LAKE CITY
Friday, October 3
Union Event Center

Salt Lake City ❤️🦉🌳!!Gratitude to our cast and creatives for their stunning, powerful performance in Salt Lake City for the last night of our one-night-only Fall four-city Fall tour! 🌍✨Deep thanks to Darren Parry who opened the evening with a blessing, with a call for balance, wholeness, and “Tending the Sacred” which creates the conditions for a rising Great Salt Lake. To the amazing Terry Tempest Williams whose work inspired the creation of Dear Everything and inspires us daily. To Terry and Geralyn Dreyfous and Jacki Zehner, and Madison, Annalise & Jillian for your tremendous support that made the evening possible and for gathering the community.

Our huge appreciation for Maya Penn and for the Salt Lake City Dear Everything Youth Council — Katherine Blackburn, Jake Dreyfous, Cael Crosby, India Elliot, Jenessa Jimoh, Mya Karbasi, Liam LaMalfa, and Kitty Chamberlain for showing up, for your spectacular work in coalition, gathering students and activists and EVERYONE, filling well over 700 seats with deep solidarity and shared love for the Earth 💚 BRAVA to the Rise Up Children’s Choir and Youth Theatre at the U for your powerful performance as the Earth Choir! 🙌 And to Nan Seymour/Making Waves Artist Collaborative and all the Great Salt Lake puppets - from baby bison to pelicans to phalaropes and brine shrimp - for greeting the audience out front 🌏❤️

As Terry wrote: “Friends, there is nothing sentimental here — It is how the world changes — and it does change. Last night in Salt Lake City was living proof. Nobody wanted to leave. We all needed this, a coming together in the name of community — determined to bring water to our Sacred Mother Lake.💙 And we will. Wherever you are, the land is calling out to you to act and protect what has always protected us: Beauty, Art, and taking care of each other.”

Cc: @shoshoneelder, @youthcoalitiongsl, @ignite.utah, @growtheflowutah, @riseupchildrenschoir, @uuyouththeatre, ttwillet, @utahfilmcenter, @nan_seymour, @_shemoney_

#DearEverything #VDay #UntilTheViolenceStops

🎥: Filmed October 4, 2025 at Union Event Center by Mystic Swan Studios.

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Salt Lake City ❤️🦉🌳!!Gratitude to our cast and creatives for their stunning, powerful performance in Salt Lake City for the last night of our one-night-only Fall four-city Fall tour! 🌍✨Deep thanks to Darren Parry who opened the evening with a blessing, with a call for balance, wholeness, and “Tending the Sacred” which creates the conditions for a rising Great Salt Lake. To the amazing Terry Tempest Williams whose work inspired the creation of Dear Everything and inspires us daily. To Terry and Geralyn Dreyfous and Jacki Zehner, and Madison, Annalise & Jillian for your tremendous support that made the evening possible and for gathering the community. Our huge appreciation for Maya Penn and for the Salt Lake City Dear Everything Youth Council — Katherine Blackburn, Jake Dreyfous, Cael Crosby, India Elliot, Jenessa Jimoh, Mya Karbasi, Liam LaMalfa, and Kitty Chamberlain for showing up, for your spectacular work in coalition, gathering students and activists and EVERYONE, filling well over 700 seats with deep solidarity and shared love for the Earth 💚 BRAVA to the Rise Up Children’s Choir and Youth Theatre at the U for your powerful performance as the Earth Choir! 🙌 And to Nan Seymour/Making Waves Artist Collaborative and all the Great Salt Lake puppets - from baby bison to pelicans to phalaropes and brine shrimp - for greeting the audience out front 🌏❤️ As Terry wrote: “Friends, there is nothing sentimental here — It is how the world changes — and it does change. Last night in Salt Lake City was living proof. Nobody wanted to leave. We all needed this, a coming together in the name of community — determined to bring water to our Sacred Mother Lake.💙 And we will. Wherever you are, the land is calling out to you to act and protect what has always protected us: Beauty, Art, and taking care of each other.” Cc: @shoshoneelder, @youthcoalitiongsl, @ignite.utah, @growtheflowutah, @riseupchildrenschoir, @uuyouththeatre, ttwillet, @utahfilmcenter, @nan_seymour, @_shemoney_ #DearEverything #VDay #UntilTheViolenceStops 🎥: Filmed October 4, 2025 at Union Event Center by Mystic Swan Studios.

Dear Everything lit up Los Angeles with music, movement, and the power of youth rising for the Earth. Get a glimpse inside with this powerful recap! 🌍✨

Youth are at the heart of Dear Everything. Filmmaker, entrepreneur, V-Day Board member, and climate activist @mayasideas created the Dear Everything Youth Councils — inviting young activists in each city to get involved, share their climate work, and showcase art that reimagines our planet’s future. Maya also designed the show’s stunning poster art. 🎨🌱

Special thanks to our Los Angeles Youth Council — Penelope Oliver (@allaccessarts_), Kevin J. Patel (@oneupaction), and Genesis Butler (@youthclimatesave) — and to Monique Coleman, who joined us onstage to celebrate their work. 🙌

Deep gratitude to the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus (@lachildrenschorus) for their breathtaking performance as our “Earth Choir.” 💚

Produced by V-Day, in association with the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, Dear Everything features an extraordinary company — Crystal Monee Hall, YDE, Paravi, Luke Ferrari, Michael Williams, Brittany Campbell, Ben Thompson, Javier Muñoz, Laurel Harris, and Terence Archie.

Created by V (formerly Eve Ensler), with direction by Diane Paulus, music by Justin Tranter, Caroline Pennell, Eren Cannata, and orchestrations by Daniel Crean, with contributions by Idina Menzel — this musical uprising will continue to ignite hearts and action for our planet with its next performance at BAM in NYC on Earth Day (April 22) 2026. 🌏❤️

#DearEverything #VDay #UntilTheViolenceStops #ClimateAction #MusicalUprising #YouthRising #DearEverythingOnStage

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Dear Everything lit up Los Angeles with music, movement, and the power of youth rising for the Earth. Get a glimpse inside with this powerful recap! 🌍✨ Youth are at the heart of Dear Everything. Filmmaker, entrepreneur, V-Day Board member, and climate activist @mayasideas created the Dear Everything Youth Councils — inviting young activists in each city to get involved, share their climate work, and showcase art that reimagines our planet’s future. Maya also designed the show’s stunning poster art. 🎨🌱 Special thanks to our Los Angeles Youth Council — Penelope Oliver (@allaccessarts_), Kevin J. Patel (@oneupaction), and Genesis Butler (@youthclimatesave) — and to Monique Coleman, who joined us onstage to celebrate their work. 🙌 Deep gratitude to the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus (@lachildrenschorus) for their breathtaking performance as our “Earth Choir.” 💚 Produced by V-Day, in association with the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, Dear Everything features an extraordinary company — Crystal Monee Hall, YDE, Paravi, Luke Ferrari, Michael Williams, Brittany Campbell, Ben Thompson, Javier Muñoz, Laurel Harris, and Terence Archie. Created by V (formerly Eve Ensler), with direction by Diane Paulus, music by Justin Tranter, Caroline Pennell, Eren Cannata, and orchestrations by Daniel Crean, with contributions by Idina Menzel — this musical uprising will continue to ignite hearts and action for our planet with its next performance at BAM in NYC on Earth Day (April 22) 2026. 🌏❤️ #DearEverything #VDay #UntilTheViolenceStops #ClimateAction #MusicalUprising #YouthRising #DearEverythingOnStage

Just out - Playbill spotlights Actor, Activist and V-Board Member “Jane Fonda in V’s Dear Everything”.

“The Brooklyn Academy of Music has revealed their 2026 winter-spring season, which will offer an Oscar and Emmy-winning star and activist’s return to the stage, the transfer of a National Theatre Shakespeare production, and more.

Oscar, Emmy, and Golden Globe winner Jane Fonda will star in Dear Everything: A Musical Uprising for the Earth, from Vagina Monologues playwright V. Director Diane Paulus and V have collaborated singer-songwriter Caroline Pennell and music producer Eren Cannata to create a folk-pop song cycle about how the young generation is navigating a climate crisis that may change their prospects of the future. The work follows a young teen who attempts to stop a group of small town adults who plan to sacrifice their forest for money. Originally titled Wild, it made its premiere at the American Repertory Theater in December 2021. The BAM run will play the venue’s Howard Gilman Opera House beginning April 22.” (bit.ly/3J2G9ji)

#DearEverything #VDay #1BillionRising #UntilTheViolenceStops #DearEverythingOnStage

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Just out - Playbill spotlights Actor, Activist and V-Board Member “Jane Fonda in V’s Dear Everything”. “The Brooklyn Academy of Music has revealed their 2026 winter-spring season, which will offer an Oscar and Emmy-winning star and activist’s return to the stage, the transfer of a National Theatre Shakespeare production, and more. Oscar, Emmy, and Golden Globe winner Jane Fonda will star in Dear Everything: A Musical Uprising for the Earth, from Vagina Monologues playwright V. Director Diane Paulus and V have collaborated singer-songwriter Caroline Pennell and music producer Eren Cannata to create a folk-pop song cycle about how the young generation is navigating a climate crisis that may change their prospects of the future. The work follows a young teen who attempts to stop a group of small town adults who plan to sacrifice their forest for money. Originally titled Wild, it made its premiere at the American Repertory Theater in December 2021. The BAM run will play the venue’s Howard Gilman Opera House beginning April 22.” (bit.ly/3J2G9ji) #DearEverything #VDay #1BillionRising #UntilTheViolenceStops #DearEverythingOnStage

Just announced with exclusive reporting by PEOPLE magazine:

“Jane Fonda is bringing her decades of activism and artistry to the stage. The two-time Oscar winning actress will join the cast of Dear Everything: A Musical Uprising for the Earth for a one-night-only engagement on April 22, 2026 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in New York City.

‘I am honored to have the opportunity to stand on the BAM stage, alongside these powerful performers to bring Dear Everything to New York,’ Fonda, 87, tells PEOPLE in an exclusive statement. ‘Our planet is burning from human-made climate catastrophe, and we need to join together to confront this,’ she adds. ‘Dear Everything is about the power of solidarity and it gives us the anthems we need for the job.’”

Read the full piece: bit.ly/3KG9MHK

#DearEverything #VDay #1BillionRising #UntilTheViolenceStops #DearEverythingOnStage

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Just announced with exclusive reporting by PEOPLE magazine: “Jane Fonda is bringing her decades of activism and artistry to the stage. The two-time Oscar winning actress will join the cast of Dear Everything: A Musical Uprising for the Earth for a one-night-only engagement on April 22, 2026 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in New York City. ‘I am honored to have the opportunity to stand on the BAM stage, alongside these powerful performers to bring Dear Everything to New York,’ Fonda, 87, tells PEOPLE in an exclusive statement. ‘Our planet is burning from human-made climate catastrophe, and we need to join together to confront this,’ she adds. ‘Dear Everything is about the power of solidarity and it gives us the anthems we need for the job.’” Read the full piece: bit.ly/3KG9MHK #DearEverything #VDay #1BillionRising #UntilTheViolenceStops #DearEverythingOnStage

DEAR EVERYTHING featured on Don’t Trash Our Treasure - Anchor, Reporter and Environmental Advocate Louis Aguirre reports for Local 10 (Miami) in his latest segment “New musical ‘Dear Everything’ touring US, bringing climate awareness through art”

“As the Trump administration moves to reverse green energy policies, instead promoting more fossil fuel production, a new theatrical production touring the nation is pushing back. The inspiring new musical was just in Miami Beach over the weekend, using art and the stage to wake up a global audience to take action and protect our planet. The youth of a small town rising up, demanding the adults protect the town’s forest from greedy developers is the premise behind ‘Dear Everything,’ a brand new musical touring the country that puts climate change at center stage.

The musical was created by Obie and Tony Award-winning playwright Eve Ensler, who now goes by the name of V. Her latest work is perhaps the most urgent she’s ever penned. ‘It’s like we’re building this huge, huge chorus around America of young people who are singing for their lives, singing for the Earth,’ said V. ‘I worked on many, many issues, but the climate is the most pressing issue because if we don’t have an earth to live on, we’re not able to live here anymore. All the other issues really don’t quite matter.’” (Source: bit.ly/48chiUv)

Dear Everything is headed to the last stop of its tour, Salt Lake City on 3 October.  Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind concert musical experience. Get your tickets ($25-$75) today at deareverythingonstage.org!

#DearEverything #VDay #UntilTheViolenceStops #DearEverythingOnStage

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DEAR EVERYTHING featured on Don’t Trash Our Treasure - Anchor, Reporter and Environmental Advocate Louis Aguirre reports for Local 10 (Miami) in his latest segment “New musical ‘Dear Everything’ touring US, bringing climate awareness through art” “As the Trump administration moves to reverse green energy policies, instead promoting more fossil fuel production, a new theatrical production touring the nation is pushing back. The inspiring new musical was just in Miami Beach over the weekend, using art and the stage to wake up a global audience to take action and protect our planet. The youth of a small town rising up, demanding the adults protect the town’s forest from greedy developers is the premise behind ‘Dear Everything,’ a brand new musical touring the country that puts climate change at center stage. The musical was created by Obie and Tony Award-winning playwright Eve Ensler, who now goes by the name of V. Her latest work is perhaps the most urgent she’s ever penned. ‘It’s like we’re building this huge, huge chorus around America of young people who are singing for their lives, singing for the Earth,’ said V. ‘I worked on many, many issues, but the climate is the most pressing issue because if we don’t have an earth to live on, we’re not able to live here anymore. All the other issues really don’t quite matter.’” (Source: bit.ly/48chiUv) Dear Everything is headed to the last stop of its tour, Salt Lake City on 3 October.  Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind concert musical experience. Get your tickets ($25-$75) today at deareverythingonstage.org! #DearEverything #VDay #UntilTheViolenceStops #DearEverythingOnStage

Tonight on Local 10 in Miami, Anchor, Reporter and Environmental Advocate Louis Aguirre is showcasing how Dear Everything, “this youth driven piece is sparking change” on Don’t Trash Our Treasure. Don’t miss it! (Watch it, here: bit.ly/4nVsnh0)

DEAR EVERYTHING, a transformational musical uprising inspired by youth activism in the climate crisis, wowed audiences in Atlanta, Miami Beach, and Los Angeles and is now headed to Salt Lake City this Friday, 3 October. Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind concert musical experience. Get your tickets ($25-$75) today at deareverythingonstage.org!

#DearEverything #VDay #UntilTheViolenceStops #DearEverythingOnStage

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Tonight on Local 10 in Miami, Anchor, Reporter and Environmental Advocate Louis Aguirre is showcasing how Dear Everything, “this youth driven piece is sparking change” on Don’t Trash Our Treasure. Don’t miss it! (Watch it, here: bit.ly/4nVsnh0) DEAR EVERYTHING, a transformational musical uprising inspired by youth activism in the climate crisis, wowed audiences in Atlanta, Miami Beach, and Los Angeles and is now headed to Salt Lake City this Friday, 3 October. Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind concert musical experience. Get your tickets ($25-$75) today at deareverythingonstage.org! #DearEverything #VDay #UntilTheViolenceStops #DearEverythingOnStage

Check out this beautiful recap of Dear Everything in Miami. We can’t get enough!

The tour continues and Dear Everything makes its SOLD OUT Los Angeles debut tonight. Next stop? Salt Lake City on 3 October. Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind concert musical experience. Get your tickets ($25-$75) today at deareverythingonstage.org!

The tour is produced by V-Day, in association with the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University. Dear Everything was born through the collective synergy of Tony Award-winning playwright V, the Tony-winning director/Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director of the A.R.T., Diane Paulus; Grammy and Golden Globe-nominated songwriter Justin Tranter; singer and songwriter Caroline Pennell; songwriter and music producer Eren Cannata; and orchestrator Daniel Crean; with contributions by Tony Award winner, Idina Menzel.

Directed by Tony Award-winner Diane Paulus.

Cc: @cleoinstitute, @cortadafoundation, @miamiwaterkeeper, @poweru305, @floridastudentpower

#DearEverything #VDay #UntilTheViolenceStops #DearEverythingOnStage

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Check out this beautiful recap of Dear Everything in Miami. We can’t get enough! The tour continues and Dear Everything makes its SOLD OUT Los Angeles debut tonight. Next stop? Salt Lake City on 3 October. Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind concert musical experience. Get your tickets ($25-$75) today at deareverythingonstage.org! The tour is produced by V-Day, in association with the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University. Dear Everything was born through the collective synergy of Tony Award-winning playwright V, the Tony-winning director/Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director of the A.R.T., Diane Paulus; Grammy and Golden Globe-nominated songwriter Justin Tranter; singer and songwriter Caroline Pennell; songwriter and music producer Eren Cannata; and orchestrator Daniel Crean; with contributions by Tony Award winner, Idina Menzel. Directed by Tony Award-winner Diane Paulus. Cc: @cleoinstitute, @cortadafoundation, @miamiwaterkeeper, @poweru305, @floridastudentpower #DearEverything #VDay #UntilTheViolenceStops #DearEverythingOnStage

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