The Right Thing To Be Doing
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.
By In Spite Productions. Learn more here.
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
