MIT Arts: March

Compiled February 2, 2009

All events free unless otherwise indicated

THEATER

MARCH 2-3 --CC@MIT March Festival of New Works of Science Theater: "Atlas of Mud." Staged reading of play by Jennifer Fawcett; directed by MIT Associate Professor Jay Scheib. 2007 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival National Science Playwriting Award. "A compelling mythic allegory exploring the human dimensions of global warming." Catalyst Collaborative@MIT (CC@MIT) is a collaboration between MIT and Underground Railway Theater. Performances followed by talk-backs with creative team (playwright and scientist).
     March 2: 7pm, Broad Institute Auditorium (Rm NE30, 7 Cambridge Center)
     March 3: 7pm, Central Square Theater (450 Massachusetts Ave.)
     Free (suggested donation $10)
     Reservations required to guarantee seating. 617/576-9278 x213

MARCH 12-14, March 19-21 -- "Pericles." MIT Shakespeare Ensemble production.
    8pm
    Student Center Sala de Puerto Rico (2nd Floor, 84 Massachusetts Ave.)
    $9, $6 students
    617/253-2903, email ensemble-request@mit.edu or http://www.mit.edu/activities/ensemble/

MARCH 13-14 --CC@MIT March Festival of New Works of Science Theater: "Frontier Theory." Staged reading of Catalyst Collaborative@MITcommission of play by Rebekkah Maggor, in association with James Battat, Pappalardo Fellow, MIT Physics Department. "Frontier Theory" explores the nature of scientific research and the politics of manned space exploration, as seen through the eyes of a female astrophysicist who abandons academia to pursue a career as an astronaut. CC@MIT is a collaboration between MIT and Underground Railway Theater. Performances followed by talk-backs with creative team (playwright and scientist).
     March 13: 7pm, Broad Institute Auditorium (Rm NE30, 7 Cambridge Center)
     March 14: 7pm, Central Square Theater (450 Massachusetts Ave.)
     Free (suggested donation $10)
     Reservations required to guarantee seating. 617/576-9278 x213

MARCH 13-14 -- "GAM3RS." One-man show written by Walter G. Meyer and Brian Bielawski that humorously explores the conflicts that arise when one man puts his online gaming life ahead of his work and relationship priorities. Tech-support operator Steve (Brian Bielawski) is overqualified, underpaid, and around-the-clock dealing with vacuous customers, his harpy of a boss, and a girlfriend who doesn't seem to understand that rescuing an entire kingdom from utter annihilation at the hands of an army of bloodthirsty elves is at least as important as their anniversary or saving the manatees. And along the way he must convince his mother that uniting gamers from around the world in this noble cause takes precedence over re-applying to MIT. Steve, as his alter ego Boreas, must rescue the sacred relic and restore the kingdom's power--if his annoyed co-workers in his cubicle hell don't kill him first. Part of MIT Museum's Student Night program.
    8pm
    MIT Museum (265 Massachusetts Ave.)
    Info: Christine Mingione, cmingion@mit.edu or see http://www.gamerstheplay.com/

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