David Gunderman and Howard Swain in The Eviction. photo by David Allen.

Martha Heasley Cox Raw Play Series
A festival of script-in-hand readings of new plays.

Second Generation Series

3 "script-in-hand" readings of plays by second-generation American playwrights presented in conjunction with the Commonwealth Club of California.

All readings at the Commonwealth Club, 595 Market Street, SF. Free to Magic Subscribers and Commonwealth Club members. For all others, $10. For reservations, call (415) 441-8822.

Monday, March 15, 2004 at 7pm
Last of the Suns
by Alice Tuan
Combining ancient Chinese legend, contemporary family drama, and magical fantasy, General 'Yeh-Yeh' Sun, Monkey King, Eight Pig, and Yeh-Yeh's American family gather, grouse, and guffaw through a birthday/death-day celebration of life, love, forgiveness and renewal in this fantastical comedy.

Monday, March 22, 2004 at 7pm
I Regret She’s Made of Sugar
by Rogelio Martinez
On the eve of the Cuban Revolution, Sophia and Alonso, the adult children of a high-ranking official, play a dangerous game of dress-up in this satirical comedy of love, betrayal, and changing with the times.

Monday, March 29, 2004 at 7pm
Architecture
by Betty Shamieh
A young female Palestinian-American architect is flying to a business meeting when she suddenly comes face to face with her past, her present, and her future in the space of an instant. A humorous and heartbreakingly human story about coming of age in a time of terrorism.

Magic Theatre and the Exploratorium present

SCIENCE ON STAGE 2003
Theatre at the intersection of Art and Science
Our third annual festival of script-in-hand performances

All performances are held at the Exploratorium at the Palace of Fine Arts (Marina Blvd and Lyon St), San Francisco.

Tickets: Free for Magic Subscribers, Exploratorium Members, or with Exploratorium admission.

For reservations call: (415) 441-8822

Sunday, September 21, 3pm
ZACHARIAH MOSELY’S NEON BLUES
by Neena Beber
directed by Jessica Heidt
A play intended for children and their parents that weaves together the stories of the improbable inventor of neon paint, the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, and a young woman’s immigration to the United States.

Wednesday, September 24, 7pm
LUMINESCENCE DATING
By Carey Perloff
directed by Chris Smith
How do you trace history? A maverick archaeologist tries to reassemble an ancient statue of Aphrodite – while real goddess plays Cupid with her heart. From ACT’s Artistic Director and the author of Colossus of Rhodes.

Wednesday, October 1, 7pm
FLOW
By Crystal Skillman
directed by Christine Young
It took 5,500 men, five years, and five million barrels of cement to build the Hoover Dam. Add labor unrest, meddling journalists, nosey politicians, and a surveyor haunted by the men buried within the structure, and you’ve got a truly epic tale.

Wednesday, October 8, 7pm
DAYS OF HAPPINESS
By Arthur Jiron
directed by Lee Sankowich
Love, science, and revolution: Voltaire and his mistress, scientist and socialite Emilie du Chatele, wrestle with ideas, each other, and conservative French society.

Science On Stage 2003 has received support from the Martha Heasley Cox Raw Play Fund, The Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Project on Science and Technology, the Magic Theatre/Z Space New Works Initiative (with major funding from the James Irvine Foundation and the Columbia Foundation), The National Endowment for the Arts, and AT&T: FirstStage.