Physics in the theater

[William Saam]

All,

I saw a fascinating play last night that touches on physics themes such as wave function collapse and time loops. It is titled  "How to Life Safely in a Science Fictional Universe", put on by the Available Light Theatre. Remaining performances are on:

Friday, November 18 @ 8pm + TALKBACK
Saturday, November 19 @ 8pm 
Sunday, November 20 @ 2pm
Friday, November 25 @ 8pm + TALKBACK
Saturday, November 26 @ 8pm

All relevant information is found at http://avltheatre.com/1011/blog/category/shows/h2ls/ and a description (from the website) appears below. 

This is your chance to taste fictional science away from the PRB.

Will Saam

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Jennifer Fawcett and Matt Slaybaugh have beautifully adapted Available Light Theatre’s world premiere, which opened tonight to applause, laughter and moments of rapt silence at the Columbus Performing Arts Center’s Van Fleet Theatre.

Thoughtful and wistful, endlessly clever but grimly funny, the solo work revolves – and revolves – around a time-machine repairman searching for his long-lost-in-time father while struggling to avoid getting lost himself.

Beyond its rare status as a sci-fi play that actually works, this moving meditation on memory and regret offers a time-warped 21st-century update of No Exit and other existential dramas. Here is an intriguing futuristic take on Waiting for Godot, with the sad clown even more hapless because he’s waiting for himself.

Ian Short commands attention with a chameleonic performance. Almost as athletic, intellectual and verbal as a Hamlet, Short fleshes out a dead-end Everyman who runs around the theater space like an intelligent rat in a maze, exploring every option as time runs out.

Theatergoers who think adventurous art matters should take the time to savor this expert exploration of – dare I push it? – timeless themes.
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