The Right Thing To Be Doing
“[Beginning] with the striking visual of a cargo ship worn as a headpiece, [The Right Thing To Be Doing] delights in the details through precise and imaginative use of objects and scale.” (SeattleDances)

The Right Thing To Be Doing is a love story, fungal fantasy, and eco-freak-out. Featuring a transforming cargo ship, a lecturing mushroom, and a polyamorous- synth-pop commune, this solo show confronts the complicity of siloed living amidst disaster. With humor and “striking visuals” (SeattleDances), it asks: what can we learn from the nonhuman systems growing beneath our feet?
Set at an ecology-conference that keeps derailing, the show features large-scale wearable sculpture, transforming miniatures, meandering storytelling, and immersive, live sound. Finn shapeshifts characters – human and nonhuman – to explore the uncertainty, implication and fragile hope of survival within systems in crisis.
Upcoming performances in NYC January 2027 at JACK as part of Exponential Festival. Tickets coming soon!
January 14 at 7pm
January 15 at 8:30pm
January 16 at 1:30pm and 5pm
January 17 at 1:30pm
Past presentations
Mulino, Oregon - Radical Mycology Convergence, September 2026
Portland , Oregon - Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Risk/Reward headliner, June 2026
Vancouver, BC, Canada - Studio presentation at Goldcorp, September 2025
Vancouver, BC, Canada - Boombox, April 2024 (WIP)
Photos by Chelsey Stuyt.




By In Spite Productions. Learn more here.
55 minutes full-length performance and 20 minute excerpt available for touring.
Original Creative Team:
Created and performed by Sarah K. Finn
Sound Design: Samira Banihashemi (سمیرا بنی هاشمی) and Adam Smith
Lighting Design: Czarina Agustines and Alexandra Caprara
Props: Marianne Gagnon, Sarah K. Finn, Hailey Gil
Scenic Design + Fabrication: Hailey Gil
Costume Design: Rowan Adams, Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg, Sarah K. Finn
Stage Manager: Maddy Woodley
Assistant Stage Manager: Vania Ngok
Outside eyes: Justine Chambers, Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg, Miwa Matreyek, Joanna Garfinkel, Kira Radosevik
Design Consultant: Wlad Woyno