Ep. 80 Science Works

Barbie Kong

Today I sit down with the amazing Megan Lohne and Dan Ciba, we talk theater at this moment and there up coming shows The Great American Science Fair and Crumbs, information for both shows can be found at the below website. https://www.adelphialumniplaywrightsgroup.com/ I'm really excited about speaking to my new play, where seven female scientists are brought on to the reality show The Great American Science Fair, competing in a series of experiments to please the American public over the course of an evening in the hopes that they will win the million-dollar prize to further fund their research. Filmed in front of a live studio audience, you, The Great American Science Fair is an interactive glimpse into the gender-biased world of science through the gentle and palatable gaze of everyone’s favorite guilty pleasure, reality television. Watch what happens when the contestants test the hypothesis to see if the Future of Science is indeed Female. The Great American Science Fair is streaming Saturday, April 24th at 7:30 pm. Dan Ciba is directing: https://www.danielciba.com/ Dan has also written a piece for the festival which goes up 5/2 titled Crumbs, which was inspired by Hansel & Gretel. This reimagining of the Hansel and Gretel fairy tale concerns two sisters as they grapple with their journey into adulthood. Mixed with musings on childhood innocence, personal loss, and the inscrutability of memory, Crumbs considers how the past continually informs the present. But as Hannah and Greta run away, get lost, and meet their witch, can they resist the familiar story— the awkward legacy that casts them as justified murderers—and find their own path forward?