In this comedy, which starred Cynthia Nixon and Evan Handler Off-Broadway, Lily juggles the big issues: turning forty, artificial insemination and the elusive scientific Theory of Everything.
Play title: String Fever
Author (s): Jacquelyn Reingold
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service
Publication Date: 2003
Genre: Comedy
Funder: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
https://sloan.org/programs/public-understanding/theater
Primary Discipline: Astrophysics
Secondary Discipline: Medicine
Scientist (s): None
Source Texts: The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene
Character Breakdown: 3 Men, 3 Women, Ensemble
Lily, Janey, Matthew, Gisli, Frank, Artie, Doctor A/ Doctor B, Person
Setting: Varies
Time Period: Present Day
Synopsis of Play: In this comedy, which starred Cynthia Nixon and Evan Handler Off-Broadway, Lily juggles the big issues: turning forty, artificial insemination and the elusive scientific Theory of Everything. Lily’s world includes an Icelandic comedian, her wisecracking best friend, a cat-loving physicist, her no-longer suicidal father and an ex-boyfriend who carries around a chair. (play text cover blurb, Dramatists Play Service)
First Performance Date: March 3rd, 2003
First Producer: Ensemble Studio Theatre
Performance History: String Fever was first produced at Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City (Curt Dempster, Artistic Director; Susann Brinkley, Executive Director; Dylan McCullough, Producer; Doron Weber, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Program Director). It opened on March 3rd, 2003. It was directed by Mary B. Robinson; the set design was by David P. Gordon; the lighting design was by Michael Lincoln, the sound design by Rob Gould; the costume design was by Michael Krass, and the stage manager was Tiffany N. Thetard.
Links:
http://www.curtainup.com/stringfever.html
https://variety.com/2003/legit/reviews/string-fever-1200542952/
https://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/news/string-fever_3216.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/theater/theater-review-applying-science-to-life-s-vagaries.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/01/AR2005110101965.html
Entered by: Meaghan Yesford
Photo/Visual Research with citations
2003, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Photo: Scott Wynn 2003, Ensemble Studio Theatre,
Photo: Scott Wynn
2003, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Jacquelyn Reingold
Photo: Newsday/ Ari Mintz