“We can’t have a just,
equitable society unless we can imagine one. We are here to contribute
something mighty. And our storytelling is the ship that we sail.” Levar Burton
Infinity Box Theatre Project brings theatre people and science people
together in
creative ways to leverage their collaboration and the power of
stories told on
stage to imagine a future we want to live in. Building that future - one story at a time.
What's happening in The Box?
The Auditorium at University Heights Center
7 pm Friday, April 26, 2024
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Poems about, or inspired by, science and scientific ideas provide – among other things – a deeply human perspective on what science is and how it has come to pervade human experience. There are a surprising number of science poems spanning a surprising length of time.
Our curator, Priscilla Long, has gathered science poems by (mostly) contemporary poets – many of them local – to constitute the “script” for our theater-like evening. Kenna M Kettrick will direct an ensemble of actors to perform them. Think of it as a poetry journal in theater form.
You will also have the opportunity to meet many of the poets and buy their books.
Infinity Box Theatre Project acknowledges that we live and work on the traditional land of the first people of Seattle, the Duwamish People, past and present, and we honor with gratitude the land itself and the Duwamish Tribe. We hope to contribute to a Future on this land consistent with the values of their culture. Infinity Box supports the Black Lives Matter Movement and Indigenous Peoples Movements.
Infinity Box is building ongoing collaborations between the science and theater communities. If you are engaged in science or in theater – or are a person who cares
deeply about either of those worlds – please join us!
Here are some of the ongoing projects we hope to bring back in the After Time
Thought Experiments on the Question of Being Human
A festival of short plays
Scientists and playwrights collaborate to explore
how current and near future developments in science and technology affect what
it means to be human.
Centrifuge
Science News meets Science Fiction
5 playwrights, 5 science writers, and a full complement of theater artists. Plus the power of random.
5 World Premiere 10 minute Science Plays, each with its own introductory Science Talk.
Faraday Cage Match
An Evening of Competitive Science Improv
Three contestants discuss their main research ideas with our crack improv team, then join the team on stage in improvs based on those ideas. We quiz the audience and a bit of math later we declare the winner!
InVerse Functions
An Theatrica; Evening of Science Poetry
Science poems by local poets, read by local actors, and featuring poems by a famous scientist you didn't know was also a poet.
...and Other Wonders We Hope to Bring Back Sometime
Galileo Dialogues: an evening of Science and Society
We paused this annual event after 10 yrs partnering with the Seattle U Physics Department. Celebration of human discovery, plays and lively conversation about the many interconnections between science and religion, politics, art.... All about - or in the spirit of - Galileo Galilei.
Psychlotron: Smashing ideas together at high speed, just to see what happens
Two speakers from oddly unrelated fields. Each gets 15 minutes to talk about "whatever fascinates them." Then the audience joins in - smashes the ideas together - and all kinds of insight ensues. The smartest fun you've ever had. More than 20 so far and we can't wait to do it again.
Thanks to Seattle Office of Arts & Culture and the Raynier Foundation and our indiviual contributors for their support of Infinity Box Theatre Project