Evento

Thought Experiments on the Question of Being Human: Memory & Identity

This year our theme is Memory and Identity and, with the help of the University of Washingtons Memory and Brain Wellness Center, we have invited four scientists and teamed each scientist with a local Seattle playwright. Their collaborations lead to the creation of four intriguing short plays, each asking the question: "How might current and possible future innovations in the fields of memory and identity change our understanding of what it means to be human?

Our Plays for 2016:

Heavanly Spaces
by Emily Conbere - with scientist, Janelle S. Taylor Directed by Steven Sterne

The Cosmic Background Radiation Polka
by Dawson Nichols - with scientist, Sheri Mizumori Directed by Francesco D"Aniello

Rift
by Kristina Sutherland Rowell - with scientist, Andrea Stocco
Directed by Catherine Blake Smith

Crying in the Chapel
by Sara Porkalob - with scientist, Elizabeth Buffalo
Directed by David Gassner