Glass Half Full Theatre

Walkabout Puppets was initiated by Caroline Reck and Khristián Mendez Aguirre in 2019. The lives of Doña Ixk’a, Andrés are amalgamations of the multiple crises faced by many Maya Guatemalans as they make their way towards the United States. Crops are failing, temperatures are rising, cost of life is increasing, and there are fewer and fewer opportunities to make a livelihood. Climate change is only exacerbating those crises . The droughts, rains and the hurricanes that are in apocalyptic science-fiction films like Mad Max or The Day After Tomorrow remain a distant future for some parts of the world, but they are the reality for communities in Guatemala. With this piece , Glass Half Full makes visible a plight that may feel “distant” and “far away”, but which is actually much closer than we think.