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On April 22, 2021, Earth Day will celebrate its 51st year, but environmental pioneers and poets have been writing about the need to care for our planet much longer. A new audio production called Voices of the Earth presents thoughts about the environment from across the ages.
Rush Rehm, a theater and classics professor at Stanford University, worked with co-creator Charles Junkerman on this production for the Stanford Repertory Theater. Rehm said the play features staged readings by students and professionals.
“We decided that it wouldn’t be just about contemporary thoughts on the environment but to go back to ancient Greek and Sanskrit and to earlier societies,” Rehm said.
Voices of the Earth deals with the troubled relationship between humans and the natural world. Compiled by Charles Junkerman and Rush Rehm
Voices of the Earth brings together some of the greatest environmental voices from across the centuries to celebrate the anniversary of Earth Day. With a cast of 90 different characters – poets, naturalists, scientists, politicos, deniers, and heroes,
Voices of the Earth presents a kaleidoscope of views on the earth we inhabit, and the existential crisis we face.
Join host Kris Kington-Barker as she speaks with Rush Rehm, Professor, Theater and Performance Studies, and Classics, Stanford University and Artistic Director, Stanford Repertory Theater (SRT), and Magnus Toren, Executive Director of the Henry Miller Memorial Library in Big Sur about this inspiring work and its call to action.