Lucy Kirkwood's drama has bite in Steep Theatre's U.S. premiere.
Science plays like this one by British playwright Lucy Kirkwood often hinge on the idea that the most staggeringly powerful technology in the history of the world—life-giving, life-cheapening, life-threatening—maybe shouldn't be overseen by people incapable of understanding morality or human emotions. This line of thought leads to the kind of paradoxical conceit that underlies all theater worth its salt, namely that science is too important a factor in our lives to be left up to mere scientists.…
Lucy Kirkwood's drama has bite in Steep Theatre's U.S. premiere.
Science plays like this one by British playwright Lucy Kirkwood often hinge on the idea that the most staggeringly powerful technology in the history of the world—life-giving, life-cheapening, life-threatening—maybe shouldn't be overseen by people incapable of understanding morality or human emotions. This line of thought leads to the kind of paradoxical conceit that underlies all theater worth its salt, namely that science is too important a factor in our lives to be left up to mere scientists.…