The Next Forever is a novel partnership among The Civilians theater company and the High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI) and Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University. The Next Forever seeks to create new stories for a changing planet, exploring how dynamic storytelling can engage vital environmental subjects and provide the vision and inspiration society needs to navigate the challenges of our planet’s future—the “next forever.”
Two selected artists each year spend time on the Princeton campus as guest artists, engage with faculty and students, and participate in an ongoing series of public events and performances over the course of a year-long residency and two-year commissioning agreement.
Get a behind-the-scenes look at the future of environmental storytelling. Join the inaugural commissioned Next Forever playwrights Kareem Fahmy and AriDy Nox for an evening of presentations, artist discussions and in process excerpts. Fahmy’s play, Riparian States, tells the story of how a new Nile River dam has brought Egypt and Ethiopia to a geopolitical breaking point. Nox’s interactive reverse-ancestral play features young descendants with one burning question for their ancestors, “Why Ya’ll Hate Earth So Bad?”
Admission & Details
The event is free and open to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff.
Register for The Next Forever
Directions
Get directions to Drapkin Studio, located on the second floor at the Lewis Arts complex, 122 Alexander Street in Princeton, NJ.
Accessibility
The Drapkin Studio is an accessible venue with an assistive listening system. Visit our Venues and Studios section for accessibility information at our various locations. Students in need of access accommodations are invited to contact the Lewis Center at 609-258-5262 or email LewisCenter@princeton.edu at least one week in advance of the event date.
