~e; FIRST LIGHT Festival (NYC)

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From: "Art & Science Collaborations, Inc. (ASCI)" <asci@asci.org>

The EST/Sloan Project is designed to stimulate artists to create new 
theatrical works exploring the worlds of science and technology and to 
challenge the stereotypes of scientists and engineers in popular 
culture.  Each season the EST/Sloan Project commissions and develops 
new works and presents the results at various stages, from first 
readings to fully mounted productions, in the FIRST LIGHT Festival.  
Now in its fifth season, the EST/Sloan Project has commissioned more 
than seventy artists and premiered over fifty plays, dance and 
performance pieces.  We hope you can join us.
 
ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE/ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY PROJECT
PRESENTS

FIRST LIGHT 2003

MAINSTAGE READINGS

FZZN GRRL
by Mojie Crigler
directed by Abigail Zealey Bess*
To win the school science fair, an alienated teenager and
her militia-obsessed boyfriend build a nuclear reactor in her basement.
Sun, Mar 9 at 3pm & Mon, Mar 10 at 8pm

ADA
by Rosanna Staffa
Haunted by the specter of her father and hounded by the expectations of 
her mother,
Lord Byron’s daughter, Ada, builds the world’s first computer.
 (In association with The Guthrie Theater as part of NP2 .)
Sun, Mar 16 at 3pm & Mon, Mar 17 at 8pm

DAYS OF HAPPINESS
by Arthur Giron*
directed by Susann Brinkley*
In 18th century France, Emilie du Chatelet carries on two extramarital 
affairs,
one with Voltaire, and one with science.
Sun, Mar 23 at 3pm & Mon, Mar 24 at 8pm

RESTORING THE SUN
by Joe Sutton
directed by Ethan McSweeney
When two scientists discover a new, clean form of energy,
a journalist is hired to verify their claim, but uncovers a dark secret.
Sun, Mar 30 at 3pm & Mon, Mar 31 at 8pm

All performances on our Mainstage, 2nd Floor.
Tickets: $7 Suggested Donation

RESERVATIONS for readings: (212) 247-4982
Or e-mail us with specific show, your name, and how many tickets you 
would
like reserved at sloanproject@ensemblestudiotheatre.org

ON THE MAINSTAGE:

STRING FEVER
by Jacquelyn Reingold*
directed by Mary B. Robinson*
A comedy about a woman facing The Big Issues:
single motherhood, unrequited love and the elusive “String Theory.”
Featuring Cynthia Nixon, Evan Handler*, Tom Mardirosian, Jim Fyfe*,
Cecelia DeWolf* and David Thornton.

Previews thru Mar 2.
Opening night is March 3rd and the show runs through March 23.
For tickets call or visit Smarttix: (212) 206-1515 or 
http://www.smarttix.com/

Ensemble Studio Theatre
549 W 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019

Founder/Artistic Director CURT DEMPSTER
Executive Director SUSANN BRINKLEY
EST/Sloan Project Program Director CHRIS SMITH

* denotes member of EST

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