Slog - Comments on A Post-Play Discussion that Actually Sounds Interesting http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/a_postplay_discussio I haven't had the chance to see it yet, but Jen Graves truly dug Louis Slotin Sonata (about the scientist who accidentally radiated himself to death while working on the Manhattan Project in 1946) at the Empty Space, even if not unreservedly. From her review: Despite multilayered performances from each actor (Kate Czajkowski also deserves mention for her roles as Slotin's distraught nurse and a Mother Nature forced to waltz with Mengele) and rich, warm moments in the script, the sole musical number makes the greatest impression. How could it not? It is performed against the backdrop of a floor-to-ceiling... Copyright 2007 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:15:24 -0800 Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:39:23 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by charles everyone might find this email I received this morning about this interesting

If you’ve been holding out on seeing Louis Slotin Sonata at the Empty Space Theatre, your procrastination has paid off. Three of the play’s final shows will be followed by discussions led by nationally and internationally known guests with expertise related to the subject matter of the play .

Ambassador Thomas Graham will be the featured guest following tonight’s performance (7:30 p.m.). Ambassador Graham is an internationally recognized expert and senior diplomat who has been involved in the negotiation of every major arms control and nonproliferation treaty of the past 30 years.


Following the 2 p.m. performance on Sunday, October 1, Empty Space Artistic Director Allison Narver and playwright Paul Mullin will be joined by Tom Carpenter, director of the Nuclear Oversight Program at the Government Accountability Project, a 29-year-old nonprofit public interest group that promotes government and corporate accountability by advancing occupational free speech, defending whistleblowers and empowering citizen activists.



And following the 7:30 p.m. performance on Wednesday, October 4, Narver and Mullin will be joined by Susan Gordon, director of the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability. Founded in 1987, the alliance is a network of more than 30 local, regional and national peace and environmental groups that represent the concerns of communities living near nuclear weapons sites and radioactive waste dumps in the U.S.


Louis Slotin Sonata has been inspiring rave reviews from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the Seattle Times and the Stranger, among others. The final performance is October 7. Get your tickets now. For more information, visit www.emptyspace.org/.

]]> charles http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/a_postplay_discussio#c470639 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/a_postplay_discussio#c470639 Arts Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:59:11 -0800 Comment by andrew b I once saw this great musical called Schrodinger's Girlfriend. It was an amazing combination of theoretical physics and bedroom farce. It hasn't, alas, made its way into the canon.

]]> andrew b http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/a_postplay_discussio#c470646 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/a_postplay_discussio#c470646 Arts Thu, 28 Sep 2006 13:11:58 -0800 Comment by COMTE Saw "Slotin" last night. Great show, provocative-yet-accessible, great cast (Paul Stetler totally nails the zoned-out philosophical musings of Slotin's morphine-induced hallucinations) and light on the math. Definitely worth seeing.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/a_postplay_discussio#c470653 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/a_postplay_discussio#c470653 Arts Thu, 28 Sep 2006 13:26:18 -0800 Comment by Boring Dr. Strangelove is the last comic word on the nuclear nightmare. Can you honestly tell me this play offers up anything more that Kubric?


Theatre is for pretentious rich people. If you want to laugh and cringe about nuclear weapons save your money and rent Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

]]> Boring http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/a_postplay_discussio#c470849 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/a_postplay_discussio#c470849 Arts Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:13:45 -0800 Comment by COMTE Must be the Equinox that's brought all the trolls out from beneath their bridges.

You mean "Kubrick", don't you?

So much for your cineastic credibility.

Yeah, I happen to own a copy, and "Slotin" isn't trying to be another "Strangelove", it's its own beast.

Oh, and I don't consider something that only cost me $15 to get into the exclusive realm of "pretentious rich people", not when I can blow more than that on popcorn & soda at your local "prole movie theatre."

Idiot.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/a_postplay_discussio#c470889 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/a_postplay_discussio#c470889 Arts Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:31:19 -0800 Comment by Theatre Fan Anyone who won't spend $50 to go see a Play every now and then simply doesn't know how to live. I have season tickets to all the local theatres. It keeps me urbane and informed.


Kibrick's is a children's film for mall idiots in the Midwest. This play is for the educated who can understand real art.

]]> Theatre Fan http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/a_postplay_discussio#c471116 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/a_postplay_discussio#c471116 Arts Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:39:23 -0800