Einstein's Dreams

Einstein's Dreams

Friday, May 30, 2008, 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Science & the Arts at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York presented the stage adaptation of Alan Lightman's internationally acclaimed book Einstein's Dreams, performed by Boston's Underground Railway Theater.

The play, an inventive and charming work, was the inaugural event in a collaboration between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Underground Railway Theater, conceived to develop new plays about science.

The performance was followed by an informal discussion with Alan Lightman.

[NOTE: Other performances of this play ran on Thursday, May 29 (post-performance discussion with Alan Lightman and Walter Isaacson) and on Saturday, May 31 (post-performance discussion with Alan J. Friedman). Program details can be found on the web site of Science & The Arts.]

Participants 

Alan Lightman

Alan Lightman's novel Einstein's Dreams was an international bestseller and has been translated into thirty languages. Both a distinguished physicist and an accomplished novelist, Lightman was the first professor at MIT to receive a joint appointment in the sciences and the humanities. read more


Venue:

Martin E. Segal Theatre, CUNY

This event produced in collaboration with

The Graduate Center, CUNYScience & the Arts
at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York.