READER’S THEATRE #2: Queen by Madhuri Shekar
Directed by Maya Jairam
April 5-7
Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday matinee at 2:30 p.m.
Two women – best friends and scientific colleagues – while navigating their own complex personal travails, are also facing an ethical and scientific dilemma that could potentially have disastrous consequences for their friendship, their careers, science, and the environment as a whole. Do they disrupt the hive-mind, and forge a new future and path, or do they do what’s expected and assimilate like drones, thereby risking total collapse?
“This is a can’t-miss show; it touches upon so many important themes: from immigrant experiences, biases, ethics, and academic integrity to the intersections of race, class, and gender, and beyond, which permeate so many aspects of academia, science, and indeed, life.”
-Maya Jairam