A multiyear climate crisis performance project developed at ASU has been invited to the UNESCO Most Climate Summit, "Building Bridges from Meaning to Policy Formulation and Impact: Mobilizing Humanities Expertise in a Rapidly Changing World," to be held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris in September 2026.
The invitation marks an international milestone for Anthropocene, an award-winning devised theatre production created by Rachel Bowditch and Karen Jean Martinson in collaboration with more than 100 students, faculty, staff, and alumni, and designers from ASU's School of Music, Dance and Theatre in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts.
Tickets are available for two public showings of Anthropocene as a dress rehearsal for UNESCO Paris
Collectively created by graduate and undergraduate students through a series of devising labs, Anthropocene incorporates innovative media design, dance, movement, text, sound and image into a powerful portrait of our world out of balance. Its non-traditional and non-linear approach to storytelling offers flashes of characters within a mosaic of various worlds throughout history: the Silk Road, the Industrial Revolution, 1950s America to present day. Anthropocene tells a story of the escalation of consumption and how we are hurtling towards an unsustainable future.
Ticket Showings:
Friday, September 18 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, September 19 at 7:30 PM
Location: Nelson Fine Art Center Studio 133 | 51 E. 10th St. Tempe, AZ 85287
