Ecotopia

Now!
A worldchanging eco-literacy program for
Utah's high schools and universities

a Broader Impacts Partner of:
National Science Foundation
currently postponed due to COVID-19...
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Our mission is to communicate urgent climate science and core principles of ecology to Utah's young people, and connect them with local organizations who are working to create ecological and social sustainability in their own backyard.
our
mission:
vision:
our
A wave of eco-literate young people reshaping the cultural and physical landscape of Utah, and the planet, for the better.
2.
fair!
informational
1.
Bicycle powered
assembly!
our
program:
The
Tour:

Project
lead:
SHAKE YOUR PEACE and The Whupestra
SHAKE YOUR PEACE! and The Whupestra is an experimental musical theater company based in Salt Lake City, UT that immerses audiences in "whup" - a multicultural music, dance, and street theater style imbued with an ecotopian perspective. Whup music is featured on the forthcoming album: "Whup Music."
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Gabe Dominguez - Director
Director Gabe Dominguez co-founded the critically lauded and award-winning Bicycle Music Festival in San Francisco. He has completed 7 bicycle-based music tours, and 3 walking-based music tours with his band SHAKE YOUR PEACE!, sharing a message of sustainability. He is the subject of a Velo Visionaries episode that has been featured at over a dozen film festivals.
He is the husband of musician Sonya Cotton, with whom he works in the musical duo Tiny Home. They have two young children and live in Salt Lake City, UT.
Project
partners:
cast
+ crew
music

Gabe Dominguez
Director, choir

courtney Isaiah Smith
Music Director, keyboards, choir

Jazzy Olivo
choir

Courtney Lane Spaulding
choir

Adam Taula
choir

Mychael Johnson
choir

Andrés Reyes
guitar

Alicia Wrigley
bass

Ben Weiss
mandolin

Juliette Camille
fiddle

Kenny Fong
saxophone

candido abeyta
saxophone

evan taylor
trumpet

ecotopia
trumpet
dance
theater, crew, coming soon...

Jesus Cespedes
timbales hybrid

Verneshia Sterling
marching bass drum

Katia pixie Racine
marching cymbals

Tyler Chen
marching cymbals

DeSean Bryant
marching quints
About:
Ecotopia Now! is an educational musical theater assembly + informational fair, touring Utah high schools and colleges in 2020. The first tour rolls out April 20-24 celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, followed by a second tour September 14-19, 2020. The program is estimated to reach approximately 30,000 high school and college students along Utah's Wasatch Front.
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Ecotopia Now! is an artistic production of
SHAKE YOUR PEACE! and The Whupestra,
a Salt Lake City-based experimental musical theater company.
Ecotopia Now! is a fiscally sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a 501(c)3 charity. Please consider supporting our work with a tax-deductible donation:

Megan Adelsberger
Choreographer, dance

Jeffrey Louizia
dance

Hannah Gagon
dance

Josh Curtis
dance

Jill cardenas
dance
| Tel: 657-464-4374
contact
us:
Ecotopia Now! is an artistic production of SHAKE YOUR PEACE! and The Whupestra, a project of Studio Ecotopia