Comments on: Tales From The Industry, IV http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/06/tales-from-the-industry-iv/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:54:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Missed Chance - Asymptotia http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/06/tales-from-the-industry-iv/#comment-11739 Missed Chance - Asymptotia Sat, 20 Jan 2007 06:15:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/06/tales-from-the-industry-iv/#comment-11739 [...] ___________________________________________________________________________________ aAs a parenthetical remark, I should also mention that since some of the actors playing the bad guys end up doing public readings of the play that Oliver Mayer and I are writing (see here), I find I’m getting clues as to who the cast of future readings will be by watching the show. [...] […] ___________________________________________________________________________________ aAs a parenthetical remark, I should also mention that since some of the actors playing the bad guys end up doing public readings of the play that Oliver Mayer and I are writing (see here), I find I’m getting clues as to who the cast of future readings will be by watching the show. […]

]]> By: Work on the Play Day - Asymptotia http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/06/tales-from-the-industry-iv/#comment-11740 Work on the Play Day - Asymptotia Wed, 03 Jan 2007 04:40:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/06/tales-from-the-industry-iv/#comment-11740 [...] Yes, today is work-on-the-play day and it will be very interesting, since you’ve not looked at the thing for a long time due to other commitments. Certainly not since it was read by real actors with real people in the audience at the Pasadena Playhouse during the Summer, although you could not attend, due to being out of town. You wonder if it was as fun as the other public reading, and whether readings will ever be as magical to you as that first private one. [...] […] Yes, today is work-on-the-play day and it will be very interesting, since you’ve not looked at the thing for a long time due to other commitments. Certainly not since it was read by real actors with real people in the audience at the Pasadena Playhouse during the Summer, although you could not attend, due to being out of town. You wonder if it was as fun as the other public reading, and whether readings will ever be as magical to you as that first private one. […]

]]> By: Science Plays Come of Age | Cosmic Variance http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/06/tales-from-the-industry-iv/#comment-11738 Science Plays Come of Age | Cosmic Variance Mon, 07 Aug 2006 20:43:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/06/tales-from-the-industry-iv/#comment-11738 [...] Lauren is a young playwright (and author of the occasionally-updated blog Deepen the Mystery) specializing in plays with scientific themes. She’s not the only one, of course; it’s become quite the cottage industry, these science plays. As Dennis Overbye put it at a conference in Santa Barbara, “Is anyone writing plays that aren’t about quantum mechanics any more?” [...] […] Lauren is a young playwright (and author of the occasionally-updated blog Deepen the Mystery) specializing in plays with scientific themes. She’s not the only one, of course; it’s become quite the cottage industry, these science plays. As Dennis Overbye put it at a conference in Santa Barbara, “Is anyone writing plays that aren’t about quantum mechanics any more?” […]

]]> By: At The Other Monastery | Cosmic Variance http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/06/tales-from-the-industry-iv/#comment-11737 At The Other Monastery | Cosmic Variance Mon, 24 Jul 2006 22:15:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/06/tales-from-the-industry-iv/#comment-11737 [...] P.S. There’ll be two more public readings of that play (in progress) I’m writing with Oliver Mayer on Tuesday and Wednesday, in the greater Los Angeles area. If interested in going, please email me for more details. See here and here for earlier reading descriptions. We’ve got two new actors for two of the parts….. and yes -I can’t believe it either- once again, you’ll know them as having played shadowy evil characters from the show 24! I’m sure this is all a coincidence that it keeps happening. [...] […] P.S. There’ll be two more public readings of that play (in progress) I’m writing with Oliver Mayer on Tuesday and Wednesday, in the greater Los Angeles area. If interested in going, please email me for more details. See here and here for earlier reading descriptions. We’ve got two new actors for two of the parts….. and yes -I can’t believe it either- once again, you’ll know them as having played shadowy evil characters from the show 24! I’m sure this is all a coincidence that it keeps happening. […]

]]> By: Tales From The Industry, VI | Cosmic Variance http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/06/tales-from-the-industry-iv/#comment-11736 Tales From The Industry, VI | Cosmic Variance Wed, 28 Jun 2006 05:26:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/06/tales-from-the-industry-iv/#comment-11736 [...] Anyway, some students took on the challenge. They are required to seek out a real scientist, and get them to read the work and comment. Well, they found me. (I guess there were no real scientists willing to do this, so a string theorist will have to do. LOL!) Well, I did this with one student last year, and it turned into a really fun and informative series of conversations where we both learned a lot. Me about the process and contraints involved in writing for the entertainment industry, and the student about what science and scientists are like. I’ve also spoken about this sort of thing in the context of the (later) playwriting project I got involved in later last last year, about which I’ve blogged here and here, and will tell you more later. [...] […] Anyway, some students took on the challenge. They are required to seek out a real scientist, and get them to read the work and comment. Well, they found me. (I guess there were no real scientists willing to do this, so a string theorist will have to do. LOL!) Well, I did this with one student last year, and it turned into a really fun and informative series of conversations where we both learned a lot. Me about the process and contraints involved in writing for the entertainment industry, and the student about what science and scientists are like. I’ve also spoken about this sort of thing in the context of the (later) playwriting project I got involved in later last last year, about which I’ve blogged here and here, and will tell you more later. […]

]]> By: Tales From the Industry, VII | Cosmic Variance http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/06/tales-from-the-industry-iv/#comment-11735 Tales From the Industry, VII | Cosmic Variance Thu, 18 May 2006 07:36:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/06/tales-from-the-industry-iv/#comment-11735 [...] Recall also that I’ve been working with a playwright, Oliver Mayer, for all those reasons I keep blogging about concerning science and the public, science outreach, science education, science and the media, etc, etc. I’ve been telling you, for example, about the wonderful process of having real actors read your words, and how interesting and instructive the whole experience is. See posts here, and here. [...] […] Recall also that I’ve been working with a playwright, Oliver Mayer, for all those reasons I keep blogging about concerning science and the public, science outreach, science education, science and the media, etc, etc. I’ve been telling you, for example, about the wonderful process of having real actors read your words, and how interesting and instructive the whole experience is. See posts here, and here. […]

]]> By: Tales From The Industry, V | Cosmic Variance http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/06/tales-from-the-industry-iv/#comment-11720 Tales From The Industry, V | Cosmic Variance Thu, 09 Mar 2006 19:11:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/06/tales-from-the-industry-iv/#comment-11720 [...] Yesterday after returning from Dublin, I dumped off my luggage, freshened up and went out to the first public reading of the play I told you about in an earlier post (link here). The one I wrote with playwright Oliver Mayer, from the USC School of Theatre. The reading was at the Senior Common Room at Parkside, one of the splendid halls of residence on campus, and so we had a very interesting audience of students and faculty, from various disciplines in the Arts, Humanities and Sciences. In addition we had some theatre people, including some theatre directors, writers and actors…. Here’s a quick shot of the audience: [...] […] Yesterday after returning from Dublin, I dumped off my luggage, freshened up and went out to the first public reading of the play I told you about in an earlier post (link here). The one I wrote with playwright Oliver Mayer, from the USC School of Theatre. The reading was at the Senior Common Room at Parkside, one of the splendid halls of residence on campus, and so we had a very interesting audience of students and faculty, from various disciplines in the Arts, Humanities and Sciences. In addition we had some theatre people, including some theatre directors, writers and actors…. Here’s a quick shot of the audience: […]

]]> By: sisyphus http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/06/tales-from-the-industry-iv/#comment-11734 sisyphus Wed, 08 Feb 2006 02:40:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/06/tales-from-the-industry-iv/#comment-11734 I believe it's pronounced g'billions and g'billions. regards, MR I believe it’s pronounced g’billions and g’billions.

regards,
MR

]]> By: Clifford http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/06/tales-from-the-industry-iv/#comment-11733 Clifford Tue, 07 Feb 2006 22:12:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/06/tales-from-the-industry-iv/#comment-11733 Oh...and I can't say "billions and billions" with a straight face. -cvj Oh…and I can’t say “billions and billions” with a straight face.

-cvj

]]> By: Clifford http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/06/tales-from-the-industry-iv/#comment-11732 Clifford Tue, 07 Feb 2006 22:09:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/02/06/tales-from-the-industry-iv/#comment-11732 Only one per generation allowed by our media and our society..... and Brian's already doing that job rather well. Cheers, -cvj Only one per generation allowed by our media and our society….. and Brian’s already doing that job rather well.

Cheers,

-cvj

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