I love science. Love it. The stories of discovery, the unfolding of human knowledge, the democracy of method, and the life of scientists. I teach on science and theatre – and even a class called Play Math.

Here’s what’s new or coming up:

Silent Sky, based on the life and work of astronomer Henrietta Leavitt, premiered at South Coast Rep April 2011. it will be produced at Marin Theatre Company in 2012.

In development for a new TV show based on science fairs for MTV.

And here’s all the rest:

2010

Fire Work won the Aurora Theatre’s Global Age Project.

Lauren initiated the first ever Playwright In Residence at The Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics in January 2010

Lauren was a featured panelist at the 2010 AAAS Annual Meeting in the  “Science in the Theatre” Session, Feb. 17th 2010 in San Diego.

2009

Lauren’s science screenplay Grand Unification won a Sloan Screenplay Prize.

Lauren’s science play Emilie: La Marquise du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight  premiered at South Coast Rep Spring of 2009

Her chemistry-inspired play, Fire Work,  was featured The O’Neill National Playwrights Conference 2009.

Great website for Marin Theatre’s tour of SHORT HISTORY here – also includes links to all auxiliary info.

Lauren is featured in TWO Southern Theatre Magazine articles - one on Science Theatre.

2008

Lauren’s reading of her science play, BACKGROUND, to honor the late Dr. Ralph Alpher in New York City was November 20th, 2008 .This reading was sponsored and hosted by The Graduate Center at City University of New York. Details here.

2006

Her article on science and theatre is featured in UK based science journal THE SCIENTIST.