An Experiment with an Air Pump
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 PM: January 18 (includes Opening Night reception), January 19, 25, 26, February 1, and 2, 2008.
Sunday Matinee at 2:30 PM: January 27, 2008.
Single ticket prices: $17 (all ages, Saturday evenings), $15 (adults, Fridays and Sundays), $13 (senior citizens and students, Fridays and Sundays).
Special Event: The Saturday, January 19 performance will be preceded by a talk by Dr. Stewart Weaver, Professor of History at the University of Rochester, at 7:30 PM. This talk is open to all ticket holders.
The Saturday, January 26 performance will be sign interpreted for the deaf and hearing impaired.
Inspired by a 1767 painting by Joseph Wright, An Experiment with an Air Pump is a daring and darkly humorous play about the past and future of science and society, as it addresses such provocative concerns as medical ethics, passion versus love, the evolving role of women, and the aims of science at the dawning of two eras nearly 200 years apart. Using the turns of two centuries—one heralding the birth of the Industrial Age (1799), the other the age of biotechnology (1999)—to juxtapose ethical quandaries and bring a fascinating insight into the moral dilemmas that accompany scientific progress, Experiment suggests that while the machinery may have advanced, human impulses have changed not one whit.
Advisory: An Experiment with an Air Pump contains strong language and mature content.
Directed by Adam Konowe. Produced by Sue Pinkman and Laura Baughman.
Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Download PDF-format informational flyer for the production.
Cast for An Experiment with an Air Pump
Director Adam Konowe and producers Sue Pinkman and Laura Baughman are pleased to announce the cast of An Experiment with an Air Pump:
- Fenwick/Tom: Marshall Henderson
- Roget: Mike Voit
- Armstrong/Phil: Tom Witherspoon
- Susannah/Ellen: Sky Henderson
- Harriet/Kate: Robin Zerbe
- Maria: Kelsey Kolbe
Isobel: Karen Schlumpf
Cast for An Experiment with an Air Pump
Director Adam Konowe and producers Sue Pinkman and Laura Baughman are pleased to announce the cast of An Experiment with an Air Pump:
- Fenwick/Tom: Marshall Henderson
- Roget: Mike Voit
- Armstrong/Phil: Tom Witherspoon
- Susannah/Ellen: Sky Henderson
- Harriet/Kate: Robin Zerbe
- Maria: Kelsey Kolbe
- Isobel: Karen Schlumpf
