Reading: Fission
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Written by Cindy Lou Johnson
Directed by Dámaso Rodríguez (for Seattle Repertory Theatre)
In Nazi Germany in 1938 two scientists, one a Jewish woman, Lise Meitner, the other a non-Jewish man, Otto Hahn, make one of the greatest discoveries of the twentieth century: fission. But the splitting of the atom, which leads to the devastation of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, also blows to smithereens their thirty-year partnership - one of the most fruitful and distinguished scientific relationships of all time.
“Fission” was commissioned by Seattle Repertory Theatre and developed at WWU’s Test Kitchen.
Part of the Summer Test Kitchen
WWU's Summer Test Kitchen brings together professional theatre and screen artists from around the nation - including Tony and Pulitzer winners - to workshop plays and screenplays for production. The Test Kitchen features WWU students, alumni, and faculty, and hosts free readings of the works in progress.
- July 17 at 11 a.m. - Problematic Word Play
- July 17 at 2 p.m. - Fission
- July 24 at 11 a.m. - Eve's Ale
- July 24 at 2 p.m. - The Cutter Incident
- July 25 at 1 p.m. at Sculpture Woods on Lummi Island - The Cutter Incident
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