BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//artsboston.org//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.6// VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Calendar of artsboston.org X-WR-CALDESC:In this calendar you will find information about events that y ou did save X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130620T003145CEST-0405xW3O73@artsboston.org DTSTAMP:20130620T223145Z CATEGORIES:Personal CLASS:EVENT DESCRIPTION:Event Name: PLAY it Forward!\nEvent Url: http://www.artsboston. org/event/detail/41141/PLAY_it_Forward\nEvent Date Begin: 2009-03-02\nEven t Date End: 2009-03-24\n\nAs spring approaches\, Central Square Theater wi ll treat audiences to a festival of new works presented throughout the mon th of March! From global warming to faith\, space exploration to a homeco ming\, PLAY it Forward! will bring to life a diverse offering of stories t hrough two Catalyst Collaborative @ MIT readings\, two readings from New P lays At The Nora\, a reading for the city-wide 'ZinnFest\,' as well as 'Pa ge to Stage: A Young Playwrights Celebration.' \nFestival events will tak e place at Central Square Theater and The Broad Institute in Cambridge bet ween March 2 - 24\, 2009. On Monday\, March 2 and Tuesday March 3 at 7 PM\, Catalyst Collaborative @ MIT (CC@MIT) presents Atlas of Mud by Jennifer Fawcett\, and directed by Jay Scheib. A mythic allegory explori ng the human dimensions of global warming\, Fawcett's drama won the 2008 K ennedy Center American College Theater Festival National Science Playwriti ng Award. On Friday\, March 13 and Saturday\, March 14\, CC@MIT presents Frontier Theory\, written and directed by Rebekkah Maggor. Written in con junction with James Battat\, Pappalardo Fellow of Physics at MIT\, Frontie r Theory is a CC@MIT commission. Maggor and Battat explore the nature of scientific research through the eyes of a female astrophysicist who abando ns academia to pursue a career as an astronaut. The first performance of each staged reading will be hosted at the Broad Institute\, placing it in the center of Cambridge's dynamic scientific community\; the second perfor mance of each will be at Central Square Theater. Each staged reading will be followed by a conversation led by scientists and the playwrights. A s part of 'ZinnFest\,' a city-wide celebration honoring the work of histor ian\, playwright and social activist Howard Zinn ('A People's History of t he United States')\, Marx is back in Marx in Soho\, Friday\, March 6 at 8 PM and Saturday\, March 7 at 4 and 8 PM. Written by Zinn\, directed by Da vid Wheeler (associate artist at A.R.T.\; resident director since 1984) an d starring Max Wright (2008 Elliott Norton award for A.R.Ts No Man's Land\ , directed by David Wheeler\; 1998 Tony nomination\, Chekov's Ivanov\; Wil lie Tanner on TV's 'Alf') this witty and insightful â\;&euro\;&oelig\ ;play on history discovers Karl Marx agitating the authorities of the afte rlife for a chance to clear his name. Through a bureaucratic error\, thou gh\, Marx is sent to Soho in New York\, rather than his old stomping groun d in London\, to make his case. On Saturday\, March 7 at 6 PM\, Howard Zi nn will host a conversation with the audience and community organizers\, i ncluding Marcy Goldstein-Gelb\, Executive Director\, Massachusetts Coaliti on for Occupational Safety and Health\; Ardeene Goodridge\, Coordinator\, Area IV Neighborhood\, Cambridge\; and Michael Muehe\, Director\, Cambridg e Commission for Persons with Disabilities. The performance at 4 pm on Sa turday\, March 7th\, as well as the conversation at 6 pm\, will both be AS L interpreted. In 'Page to Stage: A Young Playwrights Celebration\,' or iginal scripts by Cambridge Public Schools' students will be performed by professionals as fully staged productions\, on Wednesday\, March 11 at 10 AM & 7 PM. \nThe Nora Theatre Company presents two readings through its New Plays At The Nora series\, a program designed to help develop and pro mote plays by women playwrights from the area. On Monday\, March 16 and T uesday\, March 17 at 7 PM\, the company will present Vessel of Glass by Ly ralen Kaye\; when two nuns befriend a troubled student\, their faith and c onvictions are called into question: what is God's will and who is His mes senger? On Monday\, March 23 and Tuesday\, March 24 at 7 PM\, memories of the past and choices for the future haunt a middle-aged woman determined to sell her inheritance as she returns to her family home in coastal Maine \, in Weekend at the Dreaming Cloud by Kelly DuMar.\n\nStart time: Mon.\, Mar. 2\, 7 PM: Atlas of Mud \nTues.\, Mar. 3\, 7 PM: Atlas of Mud \nFri.\, Mar. 6\, 8 PM: Marx in Soho (ZinnFest)\nSat.\, Mar. 7\, 4 & 8 PM: Marx in Soho (ZinnFest) \nSat.\, Mar. 7\, 6 PM:Howard Zinn hosts conversation w ith audience & community organizers \nWed.\, Mar. 11\, 10 AM & 7 PM: Youn g Playwrights’ Celebration \nFri.\, Mar. 13\, 7 PM: Frontier Theory (CC @MIT) \nSat.\, Mar. 14\, 7 PM:Frontier Theory (CC@MIT) \nMon.\, Mar. 16\ , 7 PM: Vessel of Glass (Nora) \nTues.\, Mar. 17\, 7 PM: Vessel of Glass (Nora) \nMon.\, Mar. 23\, 7 PM: Weekend at the Dreaming Cloud (Nora) \n Tues.\, Mar. 24\, 7 PM: Weekend at the Dreaming Cloud (Nora)\n\nCentral Sq uare Theater is located at 450 Mass. Ave. in Cambridge. For more informat ion\, visit www.centralsquaretheater.org. DTSTART:20090302T000000 DTEND:20090324T000000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:PLAY it Forward! TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR