2017/2018
A car mechanic, ladies on a pregnancy message board, and a colonial midwife all attempt to grapple with the mystery and mechanics of childbirth.
written by Benjamin Weiner, directed by John Giampietro*
Nobel is a new musical exploring the genesis of the Nobel Prize. It tells the story of dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel and Bertha von Suttner, his secretary, who reshaped his legacy and became the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
written by Charly Evon Simpson
Philomena is a slave woman forced to assist her owner as he searches for a cure for fistulas. Everything changes when she becomes his patient.
While machine learning is helping push the boundaries of nearly every branch of science, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and others have raised their fears of the singularity. Will the knowledge that comes with true artificial intelligence be our downfall, or will it lead to the greatest pancake recipe of all time?
written by Lindsay Joelle
Paired together on route, a veteran sanitation worker and the new woman on the job must reappraise in each other what they mistook for trash.
written by Kristin Idaszak
Murder by cyanide. Government-poisoned liquor. A flapper named Lipstick and a toxicologist named Gettler are New York’s best hope in this Prohibition-era caper.
written by Robert Lyons
Paris, 1873. Emile Zola turns to his philosophical mentor scientist Claude Bernard to help save his stage production of Therese Raquin. Big mistake.
written by Christina Quintana
Kian and Neema meet exploring the starfield while battling recent losses. Together, they discover Kepler-64b and what it means to be present on Earth.
written by C. Denby Swanson
In NUTSHELL, Frances Glessner Lee, the "mother of forensic science" and creator of the miniatures called The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, hijacks a seminar on homicide investigation, in Baltimore, in order to investigate a crime. But which crime? Who gets justice?
written by Marc Acito
The Man in the Moon explores the ethical quandary of rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, the only person to receive honors from both the USA and Nazi Germany.
At this annual and always highly anticipated event, a panel of scientists, science writers and playwrights engage in a far-ranging discussion with an audience of prospective playwrights about “what could make a great play about science?” The evening is free and any playwright interested in developing a play about science or technology is welcome to attend.
