Don’t miss this live recording of the fourth episode of our NPR-style Science Game Show – Matters of Gravity. Come and root for your favorite team as our science writers and theater artists ponder the mysteries of What’s the Difference? Chain Reactions, and Which is More? and of course, Fake Science News! The questions might be trivial but everything matters.
Two teams, each with two science writers and a theater artist compete for glory. Our teams this time are NSWA members Ashley Braun and James Gaines, with theater artist Maggie Lee – and NSWA members Wayt Gibbs and Valerie Bentivegna with theater artist Harold Taw.
Kenna M. Kettrick will be our MC once again.
Matters of Gravity is a co-production of Northwest Science Writers Association and Infinity Box Theatre Project
You must have questions.
Why science and theater?
Every kind of science, from the physics of quarks to the evolution of societies, is about relationships. Theater, of course, is relationships all the way down.
Science is the study of the natural world and our place in it. Theater is a place where we gather to think about how and why that matters.
Why Infinity Box?
During World War II, a room where a group of smart people gathered to solve a problem came to be called a “brain box,” after a slang term for the skull. This idea later grew and evolved into what we call a Think Tank.
We now face questions so complex that the best way to ask them is in the form of stories. Infinity Box is dedicated to the task of using theater to explore questions about the human consequences of science and technology. We define an “infinity box” as a small space where anything is possible.
What if a theater is a think tank?
This is the question that gave rise to the idea of Infinity Box Theatre Project. What if a community of people – scientists and science communicators, theater artists, and audience members – all think of ourselves as members of a think tank? Come and join us in the fun of saving the world through science and theater.
Infinity Box is building ongoing collaborations between the science and theater communities. Come and join us!
