Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Project present a First Light Reading of

Miss Curie of the East

a new play by SEVAN

Egypt's first nuclear scientist, Samira Aly, inadvertently contributed to the WWII atom bombs while working on a cancer treatment that could be as cheap as Aspirin.  What followed has baffled historians. 

SEVAN is an award-winning actor-playwright whose work has been produced and developed in London and New York.  www.justsevan.com

Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Project present a First Light Reading of

How Power Flows

a new play by Thandiwe Mawungwa

How do you introduce a new technology to a village community where nothing can be done without consultation and approval of the ancestors? 

Thandiwe Mawungwa’s work is inspired by the struggles and victories of the regular person - because if ordinary stories are told in an extraordinary way, they will change the world.