Living in a moment of extreme anxiety around climate change and grappling with the ways in which we continue to affect our ecosystems can feel overwhelming and insurmountable. At the time of this writing, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was recently forced to roll back or eliminate thirty one public health and environmental regulations. Climate change, and all its impacts on our lives, is not theoretical; we deal with its effects every day. Yet, the type of radical change needed to confront this growing environmental collapse (if not entirely stem the tide) is stalled by privilege, avoidance, and a desire for control. These opposing elements—and how we navigate them—were driving thematic ideas in our production of Madeleine George’s Hurricane Diane. I found and find the ways in which this play demands radical change from both its characters and its audience to be timely and highly relevant. Diane—a butch lesbian magical disruptor of heteronormative, suburban hegemony—is one of the most unique characters in contemporary American theatre. The ways in which this character presents the idea of radical upheaval—in our friendships, marriages, backyard landscapes, and in the ways we think about who we are—drives the engine of this show. The messy, destabilizing questions George asks of all who experience this show challenge us all to think deeply about our responsibilities to ourselves, our relationships, and our environment. We invited audiences to consider the ways in which you can infuse those elements of radical change in post-show discussions, in conversations about climate change, and—if you’re permaculturally inclined—in their own backyards.