EARTH DATA / THE MUSICAL premieres this fall. Caltech Theater brings this new, original science-driven musical to life, as part of JPL's "Blended Worlds" for the Getty's Pacific Standard Time Festival "Art and Science Collide".
"Earth Data: The Musical" is a multi-media spectacle co-created with a team of engineers, technologists, researchers, and local artists. Inspired by real-life research from climate scientists Kimberley Rain Miner and Bradley Gay, the musical follows our protagonist, Mab, and her uncle, JJ, two scientists working to understand climate change and find answers for survival in the anthropocene. As they struggle to overcome enormous odds, will they risk their lab's funding to defend their groundbreaking research? Will they be able to communicate their discoveries to a fractured public, plagued by misinformation? Find out the answers to these questions and more on November 1, 2, and 3 in this original, thought provoking and uplifting musical!
"Earth Data: The Musical" seeks to show the realities of climate scientists, from the struggles to the joys of conducting vital research affecting our home planet. It is a story about coming together to fight for change and survival, standing up for what one believes in, and celebrating science as a human endeavor.
Ramo Auditorium
- Friday, Nov 1 at 8 PM
- Saturday, Nov 2 at 8 PM
- Sunday, Nov 3 at 3 PM
Buy Tickets HERE!
Welcome! Theater Arts at Caltech (TACIT) is many things:
- It's a family of dedicated, creative, passionate individuals.
- It's a learning environment in both formal and informal ways, from both instructors, their peers, and JPLers.
- It's a showcase for playwrights, via MACH 33: The Festival of New Science-Driven Plays.
- It's a window into the lives of Caltech scholars and researchers. Participants in Storytelling for Scientists reveal their research journeys, and their personal journeys, opening windows through which audience members see what makes a human a scientist...and are reminded that scientists are human. Here are some examples.
- It's drama. It's comedy. It's an escape...for audience members and for the cast and crew.
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