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<p><b><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica-Bold"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica-Bold;color:black;font-weight:bold">Underground Railway Theater presents</span></font></b></p>
<p><b><i><font size="2" face="Helvetica-BoldOblique"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica-BoldOblique;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">TRUTH VALUES: ONE GIRL'S ROMP THROUGH M.I.T.'S MALE MATH
MAZE</span></font></i></b><b><font color="black" face="Helvetica-Bold"><span style="font-family:Helvetica-Bold;color:black;font-weight:bold"></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica-Bold"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica-Bold;color:black;font-weight:bold">September 10 – 20, 2009</span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica-Bold"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica-Bold;color:black;font-weight:bold">Central Square Theater, Cambridge</span></font></b></p>
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<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Are women inherently
inferior to men in math and science, as Lawrence Summers, then President of</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Harvard, suggested
several years ago?</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> </span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">W</span></font><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">riter/performer - and “recovering
mathematician” - Gioia De Cari </span></font><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">offers
a woman's perspective on</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">this question in </span></font><b><i><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica-BoldOblique"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica-BoldOblique;color:black;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">TRUTH
VALUES: ONE GIRL'S ROMP THROUGH M.I.T.'S MALE MATH MAZE</span></font></i></b><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">, an</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">autobiographical
solo show coming to Cambridge’s
Central Square Theater in a limited engagement this</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">fall.</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> </span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">In </span></font><b><i><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica-BoldOblique"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica-BoldOblique;color:black;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">TRUTH
VALUES: ONE GIRL'S ROMP THROUGH M.I.T.'S MALE MATH MAZE</span></font></i></b><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">, Gioia De Cari</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">shares her
experiences in the exotic boys club of higher mathematics at the Massachusetts
Institute of</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Technology. While
making the most of the comic absurdity of being pawed by nerds, being asked to</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">serve cookies at a
seminar, and retaliating with fashion experiments, </span></font><b><i><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica-BoldOblique"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica-BoldOblique;color:black;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">TRUTH
VALUES </span></font></i></b><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">is also a serious</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">exploration of the world
of elite mathematics and the role of women in science. It is </span></font><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">featured in this</span></font></p>
<p><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">year’s New
York International Fringe Festival.</span></font></p>
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<p><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica-Bold"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica-Bold;color:black;font-weight:bold">Performances will be followed by conversations with women in mathematics
and science </span></font></b><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">from</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">MIT, Harvard, and
beyond. Guests will relate Gioia’s experiences to their own and discuss
the evolving</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">role of women in the
historically male-dominated fields of math and science. These interactive</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">conversations with
the audience will explore what has changed for women in academia over the past</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">decades, what
hurdles still exist, and how are they being challenged, addressed, and
overcome. Guests</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">include </span></font><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica-Bold"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica-Bold;color:black;font-weight:bold">MIT Biology professor
Nancy Hopkins</span></font></b><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">, a renowned cancer
researcher, and </span></font><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica-Bold"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica-Bold;color:black;font-weight:bold">MIT Physics</span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica-Bold"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica-Bold;color:black;font-weight:bold">professor Janet Conrad</span></font></b><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">,
a 2009 Guggenheim Fellow. A full list of post-performance guests is available</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">at </span></font><font size="2" color="blue" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:blue"><a href="http://www.centralsquaretheater.org/" title="blocked::http://www.centralsquaretheater.org/" target="_blank">www.centralsquaretheater.org</a></span></font><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">.</span></font></p>
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<p><b><i><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica-BoldOblique"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica-BoldOblique;color:black;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">TRUTH VALUES </span></font></i></b><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">plays </span></font><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica-Bold"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica-Bold;color:black;font-weight:bold">Thursday, September 10 through Sunday, September
20 </span></font></b><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">at the </span></font><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica-Bold"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica-Bold;color:black;font-weight:bold">Central</span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica-Bold"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica-Bold;color:black;font-weight:bold">Square Theater, 450
Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge</span></font></b><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">. Performances are Thursdays at 7:30</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">PM, Fridays and
Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 2 PM.</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Tickets are priced
at $35 (use </span></font><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica-Bold"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica-Bold;color:black;font-weight:bold">MIT discount code MIT25 for $25 tickets</span></font></b><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">); $25 for seniors; and $20 for</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">students (use </span></font><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica-Bold"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica-Bold;color:black;font-weight:bold">MIT discount code
MIT15 for $15 tickets</span></font></b><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">) with a valid ID;
student rush tickets can be</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">purchased the day of
the show for $15 in person at the box office or by calling (617) 576-9278 x213.</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Tickets can be
purchased by calling (866) 811-4111, online at </span></font><font size="2" color="blue" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:blue"><a href="http://www.centralsquaretheater.org" target="_blank">www.centralsquaretheater.org</a></span></font><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">,
or at the</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Central Square
Theater box office. For box office hours, group discounts, and more
information, call</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">(617) 576-9278 x213.</span></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"></span></font></p>
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