Inflammatory Earthling Rants (with help from Kropotkin)

A show created by the Bread & Puppet Theater in 2023

Directed by Peter Schumann

“Earthlings are now aflame and consequently need inflammatory rants, directed against the arsonist: Western Civilization and its incompetent government. The habitual pragmatic communication jargon won’t do, so the ranters have to resort to the original language which was tasked to employ the spells, charms, and incantations needed to confront the disaster in order to instigate change – with help from Kropotkin’s Mutual Aid ideology.”

Photos

Taken by Dennis Dalelio in Vernon, NJ on Tuesday, April 11, 2023.

Photos in this set are all by Dennis Dalelio and require photographer credit.

Performance History

This show was part of Bread & Puppet’s Spring 2023 Tour. It was revived for a tour in Fall 2023, with material added in response to the events of October 7th.

• Saturday, April 1, 2023 – Glover, VT: Bread & Puppet Theater’s Ballroom
• Sunday, April 2, 2023 – Barre, VT: Socialist Labor Party Hall
• Tuesday, April 4, 2023 – Albany, NY: Westminster Presbyterian Church
• Wednesday, April 5, 2023 – Ithaca, NY: Community School of Music and Arts
• Thursday, April 6 & Friday, April 7, 2023 – Milton, PA: Art Academy of Milton
• Saturday, April 8, 2023 – Kensington, MD: Albert Einstein High School (Wheaton Arts Parade)
• Monday, April 10, 2023 – Baltimore, MD: 2640 Space
• Tuesday, April 11, 2023 – Vernon, NJ: Meadowburn Farm
• Wednesday, April 12, 2023 – New York, NY: Judson Memorial Church
• Thursday, April 13 & Friday, April 14, 2023 – Hudson, NY: Time & Space Limited
• Saturday, April 15 & Sunday, April 16, 2023 – Philadelphia, PA: First Unitarian Church
• Tuesday, April 18, 2023 – Keane, NH: Nova Arts
• Wednesday, April 19, 2023 – Northampton, MA: Northampton Center for the Arts
• Thursday, April 20, 2023 – TBD
• Friday, April 21, 2023 – Somerville, MA: Center for the Arts at the Armory
• Saturday, April 22, 2023 – Amherst, MA: UMass Amherst
• Sunday, April 23, 2023 – Portland, ME: Mayo Street Arts
• Wednesday, November 1, 2023 – Bennington, VT: Monuments Arts and Cultural Center
• Thursday, November 2, 2023 – Geneseo, NY: SUNY’s Newton Hall
• Friday, November 3, 2023 – Buffalo, NY: PUSH
• Saturday, November 4, 2023 – Cleveland, OH: Ingenuity
• Sunday, November 5, 2023 – Detroit, MI: Detroit Puppet Company
• Tuesday, November 7, 2023 – St. Catherines, ON: Brock University’s Marilyn I Walker Theater
• Wednesday, November 8, 2023 – Guelph, ON: University of Guelph’s War Memorial Hall
• Thursday, November 9, 2023 – Toronto, ON: Pia Bouman School
• Friday, November 10, 2023 – Kingston, ON: The Spire
• Saturday, November 11, 2023 – Montreal, QC: Casa del Popolo’s Sala Rossa
• Sunday, November 12, 2023 – Wakefield, ON: Gwen Shea Hall, Centre Wakefield La Pêche

Video

Filmed Wednesday, April 12, 2026 at Judson Memorial Church in New York City.

Press

• Kingston Arts Alliance: “Creative and Moving: ‘Inflammatory Earthling Rants with Help from Kropotkin’“
• Wonderland: “Bread & Puppet Performs ‘Inflammatory Earthling Rants’ On New England Tour“