The Right Thing To Be Doing
multi-species, solo performance
The Right Thing To Be Doing is a lecture performance, fungal-fantasy, and love story. Set an ecology-conference that keeps derailing— I shapeshift between a cargo ship, a clown-academic, a mushroom & myself. Using wearable sculpture, immersive live sound, and storytelling, this solo performance invites audiences to grapple with climate doom, complicity, and interconnection (2025).
55 minutes full-length performance and 20 minute excerpt available for touring.
Presented as a full-length work at Goldcorp Centre/Woodwards in Vancouver, BC in September 2025. First presented at Portland Institute of Contemporary Art in 2024 as part of Risk/Reward Festival of New Work and Boombox (Vancouver, BC).
Upcoming performances summer 2026, more info soon!
Photos by Chelsey Stuyt.
Created and performed by Sarah K. Finn
Sound Design: Samira Banihashemi (سمیرا بنی هاشمی) and Adam Smith
Lighting Design: Czarina Agustines and Alexandra Caprara
Cargo Ship Design + Fabrication: Marianne Gagnon and Sarah K. Finn
Design Consultant: Wlad Woyno
Scenic Design + Fabrication: Hailey Gil
Tarp Suit Tailoring: Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg
Mushroom Costume Design: Rowan Adams and 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
