On Epistemological Problems in Atomic Physics; a play about unrequited love

The playwright of this play is deeply confounded by the workings of quantum mechanics, and she is determined to get past it by writing a play about it. But when she becomes overwhelmed by her own desperation to understand physics, she leaves the stage, forcing the great minds of the 20th century, Heisenberg, Pauli, and Einstein, to keep the play going by themselves… only they each have different ideas about how to play this play. As the play gets more and more sidetracked, the playwright is forced to face her past fears and save the future of physics. Will the playwright and her company survive this chaotic spacetime entanglement of theater and physics?

Development History:

  • Rattlestick Theater, Terrence McNally New Works Incubator Fellowship 2023
  • Carnegie Mellon School of Drama New Works Festival 2018 (directed by Adil Mansoor)