FIRST LIGHT Festival

[Art & Science Collaborations, Inc. (ASCI)]

Dear Friends of ArtSci,

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 at 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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