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Science Theatre
Friday February 7, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST
Gramercy
Theatre has the potential to bring science out of labs and into the world. Whether you are an educator, sci-fi writer, or scientist seeking a stage, the Science Theatre program is for you and future generations.

Erin Barker is the executive director of The Story Collider, a national non-profit that spotlights personal stories that reveal the vital role that science plays in our lives. Tjaša Ferme is the artistic director of Transforma Theatre which produces the Science in Theatre Festival. Abby Bender is an alumnus of the Science Communication graduate program at Stony Brooks University. David Quang Pham is an astrophysics-educated composer who write science musicals. These science theatre artists will each share their practices with a Q&A session. Here’s to a more compassionate and innovative world when STEM and the arts collide into STEAM.
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Erin Barker

Erin Barker is the executive director and cofounder of The Story Collider, a science storytelling organization with an award-winning weekly podcast. As a storyteller, she is the first woman to win The Moth's GrandSLAM storytelling competition twice. Her stories have been featured... Read More →
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Abigail Bender

Abigail Bender recently obtained her Master’s in Science Communication from Stony Brook University where she pushed for work and conversations to include topics of performance and theatre. While in school, she assisted projects such as Science on Stage, which partnered scientists... Read More →
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Tjaša Ferme

Tjaša Ferme is an award-winning actor, creator and NYSCA-awarded director who has received a Slovenian National Film Award and Stane Sever classical stage award. The Founding Artistic Director of Transforma Theatre, she created The Female Role Model Project, blending interactive... Read More →
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David Quang Pham

David Quang Pham is a composer-playwright in Washington Heights. As a child of Vietnamese immigrants, he is drawn to stories about where life can go if you let curiosity take you. Space camp, operas, and cartoons shaped his whimsical yet thought-provoking sensibility. He earned an... Read More →
Friday February 7, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST
Gramercy
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