[Editors] Play reading, Darwin celebration; free on Feb. 12 MIT Museum

[Josie Patterson]

Second Fridays at the MIT Museum
features
 From Orchids to Octopi: An Evolutionary Love Story
a reading

Friday, February 12,
6:30 p. m. - 7:30 p. m.
Location:  MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA
Free admission; ages: teens through adult

The Catalyst Collaborative @ MIT presents a reading of the play From  
Orchids to Octopi: An Evolutionary Love Story. Written  by award- 
winning playwright Melinda Lopez of Upton, MA the play’s imaginative  
telling of the impact of Darwin’s theory of evolution includes voices  
and characters from the past two centuries. Surprises erupt as a  
muralist's work is derailed by hallucinations, pregnancy, and  
dinosaurs in this witty take on how we
understand - or don’t- the theory of evolution.

The reading is a 40 minute excerpt from the play, read by actors from  
the Central Square Theater.  The presentation is part of the MIT  
Museum's free admission Second Friday's series which features, on a  
monthly basis, activities, refreshments and the oportunity to tour the  
Museum. The play will be introduced by Underground Railway Theater  
artistic Director, and one of the Central Square Theater's founders  
Debra Wise who will also lead a post reading discussion.


Second Friday on February 12, 2010 also features:

5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Presentations and Demonstrations: Evolution in Biomedical Research
Speak with scientists and engineers from the Page Lab and the Linquist  
Lab at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. Learn about  
how processes of evolution are used in current biomedical research.

6: 30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
A reading of the play, From Orchids to Octopi: An Evolutionary Love  
Story

7:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Talk Back Discussion
Talk about the play with Jonathan King, MIT Professor of Molecular  
Biology and Darwin enthusiast, Debra Wise, a founder of the Central  
Square Theater, and actors from the Central Square Theater.

Refreshments from Cafe Luna.

About the playwright
Melinda Lopez was the first recipient of the Kennedy Center’s Woollard  
“Promising New Voice in American Theatre” and has received multiple  
Elliot Norton Awards (Boston’s Tony). Her plays have been performed on  
NPR and in theaters nation-wide—most recently at Williamstown. Her  
work in science theater includes a commission from the Boston Museum  
of Science.

About the Catalyst Collaborative at MIT
CC at MIT is a unique collaboration between MIT and the Underground  
Railway Theater (URT), a company with 30 years experience creating and  
touring new works. CC at MIT presents plays that deepen public  
understanding about science, examining the human condition through the  
lens of science and technolog. CC at MIT award-winning productions take  
place annually during the Cambridge Science Festival, and have been  
featured during the New York City World Science Festival.

 From Orchids to Octopi: An Evolutionary Love Story
March 31– May 2, 2010
Central Square Theater, Cambridge, Ma.
www.centralsquaretheater.org






Josie Patterson
Director, Marketing and Public Relations
MIT Museum
617-253-4422
josiep at mit.edu

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