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QED: A Play About Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Richard Feynman

Central Square Theater (Cambridge, MA)
Title: QED
Venue: Central Square Theater (Cambridge, MA)
Full Price: $25.00   Our Price: $12.50
Rating: 3.5 stars

Rated 3.5 by 15 members who went.

In the play QED, the audience will see an intimate portrait of Richard Feynman — Nobel Prize-winning physicist, brilliant and controversial theorist, prankster, safecracker, and lover of Tuvan throat singing. A series of post-performance discussions will be led by scientists of the MIT and Harvard communities, many of whom knew Feynman personally.

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Aug 05 2008

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The chairs were horrible. There is no permanent seating in the theater. And it turned out the play skimped on actors. It was basically a one-man production.

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4 Star Rating
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Aug 05 2008

Cheryl Weisman-Cohen

Cheryl Weisman-Cohen

What an intelligent and enjoyable combination of science and life. Now realizing that the monologues presented were based on real conversations/interviews with Richard Feynman made this production even more compelling. We found the actor's portrayal to offer real, alive, insight into the complex and fascinating author/scientist Feynman. The theatre is almost brand new; we might have never known about this new venue if not for Goldstar's offer...............THANKS !

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Anonymous Member

Accessible to the nontechnical, very well performed, relevant to Feynman's work, especially the post play comments by Jerry Friedberg.

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Event Highlights

  • "A seductive mix of science, human affections, moral courage and comic eccentricity... not to be missed." --New York magazine
  • "The play itself is a kind of proof, dramatically illustrating how a man who happens to be a genius elegantly and movingly works through the human problem of how to face the end of his life." --The New Yorker

More Details About This Event:

This production previewed to sold-out houses during the 2008 Cambridge Science Festival and now opens at the new Central Square Theater. 

Presented by Underground Railway Theater and the Catalyst Collaborative @ MIT
By Peter Parnell
Directed by Jon Lipsky
Starring Keith Jochim

Post-performance discussion schedule:
July 24, 7:00pm show: Bob Jaffe, Morningstar Professor of Physics, MIT
July 27, 3:00pm show: Marc Abrahams, Editor of the Annals of Improbable Research and father of the Ig Nobel Prize.
July 29, 7:30pm show: David Kaiser, Leo Marx Associate Professor, Program in Science, Technology, and Society, MIT; Author, Drawing Theories Apart: The Dispersion of Feynman Diagrams in Postwar Physics
July 31, 7:30pm show: Frank Wilczek Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics, MIT, 2004 Nobel Prize
August 2, 3:00pm show: Owen Gingerich, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy and the History of Science, Harvard University
August 3, 3:00pm show: Jerry Friedman, Emeritus Professor of Physics, MIT, 1990 Nobel Prize

About Central Square Theater:

The Central Square Theater is home to Underground Railway Theater (URT) and The Nora Theatre Company, two professional theater companies with a combined track record of over 48 years of excellence.

URT has a 29 year history of connecting high quality professional theater with communities, performing new plays for young audiences, families and adults, and teaching through its rigorous education programming. Combining actors, puppetry and music, URT reaches out to and engages diverse audiences with performances of great beauty and compelling social content.

During The Nora's 19 years, audiences and the media have recognized it for its exceptionally high quality work. Mission-driven to bring cutting-edge, thought- provoking, and contemporary productions to New England audiences, The Nora has introduced local audiences to Boston, New England, and/or world premieres.

About Central Square Theater:

Central Square Theater is a brand new state-of-the-art community-based theatrical arts facility. Audiences will find, under one roof, the distinctive repertoires of two award-winning non-profit professional companies as well as collaborative projects drawing on their creative synergy.