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Post-Performance Panel Discussion
In Spacegrrls, by Sharon Eberhardt the first all-female space station
is funded by the owner of the second-largest cosmetics company in
the world. Five women of different scientific, ethnic and beautific
backgrounds are selected for the mission. The play’s themes deal
heavily with what it means to be a woman in primarily male-dominated
fields, and addresses strengths and weaknesses in both traditional
male and female forms of communication.
On Wednesday April 18 and Wednesday April 25 we will be holding post-performance
panel discussions with some truly amazing women.
Our Panel on Wednesday April 18 will include:
- Dorian Devins, host of “The Green Room” on Fordham Radio Station,
WFMU. (http://www.wfmu.org/GreenRoom)
- Betty Ann Kevles, Science Book Reviewer for the Los Angeles Times.
- Shannon Spence, a construction worker of ten years turned environmental
engineer and mother of three.
- Sharon Eberhardt, the playwright, is a founding member of Youngblood
at Ensemble Studio Theater. She is a part of the New Voices Project
directed by Ludovica Villar-Hauser, and received a commission from
EST and the Alfred Sloan Foundation for her play Fingerprinting.
She has an MFA in playwriting from Columbia University and is an
affiliated artist with New Georges.
Our Panel on Wednesday, April 25th will include:
- Corinna Lathan, professor at Catholic University and founder of
AnthroTronix. Her areas of expertise include Advanced Human Technology
Interface, Medical Applications of Virtual Reality, and Human Performance
Engineering. (www.anthrotronix.com/aboutus.html)
- Anne Eisenberg, professor of technical/science writing and a frequent
contributor to the ‘Circuits’ and ‘Science’ sections of the New York
Times. (www.poly.edu/huss.aeisenberg.html)
- Karen Rader, professor at Sarah Lawrence College. Her area of
research includes ‘gender and science,’ and history of the 20th Century
life sciences. She is a co-chair of the Women’s Caucus of the History
of Science Society.
- Sharon Eberhardt, the playwright, is a founding member of Youngblood
at Ensemble Studio Theater. She is a part of the New Voices Project
directed by Ludovica Villar-Hauser, and received a commission from
EST and the Alfred Sloan Foundation for her play Fingerprinting.
She has an MFA in playwriting from Columbia University and is an
affiliated artist with New Georges.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions at andrew@andhowtheater.
com.
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