Arcadia
By: Tom Stoppard
Directed by: John Rubinstein
Starring: Kate Burton, Mark Capri, Jennifer Dundas, Gregory Itzin, David Manis, Christopher Neame, Peter Paige, Darren Richardson, Kate Steele, Serena Scott Thomas, Douglas Weston
Tom Stoppard's Arcadia merges science with human concerns and ideals, examining the universe's influence in our everyday lives and ultimate fates through relationship between past and present, order and disorder and the certainty of knowledge. Set in an English country house in the years 1809-1812 and 1989, the play examines the lives of two modern scholars and the house's current residents with the lives of those who lived there 180 years earlier. Music composed and arranged by John Rubinstein.
Generously supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.
The Hard Problem
By: Tom Stoppard
Directed by: Rosalind Ayres
Starring: Eddie Cahill, Rosie Fellner, Adhir Kalyan, Desirée Mee Jung, Julian Morris, Hannah Murray, Moira Quirk, Alex Wyndham
Hilary believes fervently that consciousness is more than the sum of our biology. When she receives a position at a prestigious think tank, she develops a novel experiment to prove that humans are intrinsically altruistic, but the results are something she never anticipated.
Includes a post-show discussion with Mark Tramo, a neuroscientist, neurologist, and musician who is a professor in the UCLA Schools of Medicine, Music, and Letters & Science.
The Real Thing
By: Tom Stoppard
Directed by: Rosalind Ayres
Starring: Andrea Bowen, Matt Gaydos, Carolyn Seymour, Simon Templeman, Douglas Weston, Joanne Whalley, Matthew Wolf
In Tom Stoppard’s Tony Award® winning play, Henry may be the wittiest playwright of his generation, but he’s hopelessly naïve when it comes to understanding love and infidelity. Writing about betrayal is one thing, living with it is another. After Henry leaves his wife for another woman, he’s confronted with being the cuckold himself. Both dazzlingly clever and emotionally naked, Henry’s search for the “the real thing” in art and love demonstrates beautifully why both are worth the effort in the end.