Calling Gilgamesh: A Reading and Conversation on Humanity, Cities and the Future

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As societies confront climate change, technological disruption, and growing questions about humanity's relationship with the natural world, stories can help us make sense of change and imagine new futures. Calling Gilgamesh, a new play by Gloria Benedikt, brings together two writers separated by more than four thousand years to explore some of humanity's most enduring questions. Set in 2026 BCE and 2026 CE, the play follows a contemporary author commissioned to write a new epic for humanity. In search of inspiration, she connects with one of the authors of the Epic of Gilgamesh, the world's oldest known literary masterpiece. Their conversation spans millennia, examining the rise and fall of cities, humanity's relationship with nature, and the role of storytelling in ti…

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