“Science at Play” — a play writing workshop in Second Life
Starting today at 2PM PST, I and others will be leading playwriting workshops at the Kira Cafe. The genesis of this idea came from Piet Hutt, one of the directors of the Kira Institute, after I gave an informal talk about what it was like to perform live theater in Second Life. As the mission of Kira is to talk about science in context, he thought it would be neat if we were to try putting on some plays related to science. One recent example is the play “Copenhagen” by Michael Frayn, although myself I am more familiar with “Hapgood” and “Arcadia” by Tom Stoppard.
The discussion evolved, and we decided that perhaps it would be interesting to think about getting people together to talk about writing plays, perhaps very short plays, that explore things related to science— and that are written from the beginning understanding both the advantages and the limitations that come from performing theater in Second Life (as opposed to live on stage).
If this sounds interesting to you, feel free to drop by the Kira Cafe today, and over the next few weeks on Mondays at 2PM SLT, to join us. The Kira Cafe can be found in Second Life at BaikUn (198, 76, 99).
January 21st, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Hey, Rob, sorry I missed this. I’m about to go meet with Ginny Shepherd at the Vanderbilt CSO partly about Science Outreach in SL. I’d love to touch base with this group, and I’d like to share our new home at Lighthouse Learning Island with you and yours. The SLurl, rather long, lol, is http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lighthouse%20Learning%20Island/196/81/23/?img=http%3A//1.bp.blogspot.com/_gBNdC5daKNI/SSAiypxIJlI/AAAAAAAAGME/ODri4tHOZDE/s400/csoinworld_002.jpg&title=Vanderbilt%20Center%20for%20Science%20Outreach&msg=Visit%20the%20Center%20for%20Science%20Outreach