3rd Annual STEM Fest Kicks Off Today at UNDER St. Marks
By: BWW News Desk Jan. 04, 2017
Storytellers, comedians, playwrights, musicians, and, yes, even scientists will show us just how entertaining the world of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics can be. It might not have clicked in 9th grade, but now there are drinks and you're no longer stuck in puberty.
The 3rd Annual STEM Fest will run today, January 4, through January 21 with performances at UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Avenue and Avenue A). Tickets to all shows ($10-$40) are available online at www.horseTRADE.info.
Ten-Foot Rat Cabaret: STEM Fest Edition
Wednesday, January 4 @ 9:30pm $15
Turnabout is Fair Play! But this time, the RAT does the experimenting! The cabaret that brought you such luminaries as Anthony Atamanuik (30 Rock, Trump Dump on Howard Stern; Atlantic Monthly), Reformed Whores (opening act for Alice Cooper, Weird Al Yankovic), Taradise (2014 Burlesque Idol Award winner) and Dwayne Hill (Mean Girls) will PROVE our theorems on as part of this years STEM Fest. In Rodential Defiance of the Winter Cold, we will be demonstrating Brownian Motion with some Hot Tea.
Einstein!
Friday, January 6 @ 7pm, Saturday, January 7 @ 7pm, Sunday, January 8 @ 3pm, Monday, January 9 @ 7pm, and Tuesday, January 10 @ 7pm $40
Jack Fry's new solo show Einstein! explores Albert Einstein's earlier years in Berlin as he struggles to prove this theory of relativity and prove his relativity as a father. Based on new information recently released, this play highlights the trials we all face as individuals in a world that at times doesn't want us to succeed.
Long Story Long
Thursday, January 12 @ 7pm $10
Long Story Long is a storytelling show created to let the audience get to know the performers a little better. Most stories onstage are just a sliver of a person. Long Story Long offers longform stories. With 30 minutes to share, performers take us to along with them on their journeys.
Conservation Theater: Rated T for Taboo
Presented by Bricken and Birch Productions
Thursday, January 12 @ 9pm & Friday, January 20 @ 7pm $20
A night of anything goes Conservation Theater. This years topic Climate Change! Yes, its happening and we are gonna talk about it. Sometimes science can seem stuffy, not tonight. Enjoy a collection of sketches, stand up, music and surprises from some of New York's top performers including Michael Birch, Bricken Sparacino and more. Wildlife and conservation science takes off its tie and lets its hair down.
The Story Collider
Hosted by Ben Lillie and Erin Barker
Saturday, January 14 @ 7pm $10
Science surrounds us. Even when we don't notice it, science touches almost every part of our lives. At the Story Collider, we believe that everyone has a story about science-a story about how science made a difference, affected them, or changed them on a personal and emotional level. We find those stories and share them in our live shows in New York, Boston, London, Los Angeles, DC, and other cities, and on our podcast, which has been downloaded over six million times in countries around the world. For more information, see storycollider.org.
The Universe Unrobed: A voyage Into the Stars, Fashion and Film
Sunday, January 15 @ 7pm $20
Ágnes Mócsy is a theoretical physicist who marries science, art, film, and fashion, using the universe as a muse to reveal the intimate side of the science. Join Ágnes and her guests as they unrobe the universe, exposing its earliest moments and our cosmic evolution through a fashion show, film, and some more surprises.
Friends Call Me Albert!
A Staged Reading Presented by No. 11 Productions
Wednesday, January 18 @ 9pm $10
Meet Albert, a 40-year-old father of two who just wants some spacetime to sit and think. And think. Mostly about light, but also about delicious food, first love, and the fate of humanity. This bio-epic with puppets follows him back and forth through time. When did Albert the man get lost in history to Einstein the icon?
Astronomy on Tap
Presented by Astronomer Demitri Muna
Thursday, January 19 @ 8pm $15
Astronomy on Tap brings lectures on the latest in space and planets and galaxies the way you want to hear them - at your favorite bar with a beer in your hand! Professional astronomers present engaging talks about their own research or recent discoveries in astronomy in a casual, fun atmosphere, often featuring games, trivia contests, and prizes. Audience participation and interaction is an important part of Astronomy on Tap - bring your curiosity and questions (and maybe we'll bring Neil deGrasse Tyson's trash to win!).
A Brief History of Beer: STEM Fest Edition
Saturday, January 21 @ 10:30 pm $12
Science! What came first? Bread or beer? Learn about homebrewing, watch only the most intellectual of beery adverts, how to up your beer pong game using physics, and learn about the origins of the golden nectar from Carl Sagan** himself! And more!
**not really Carl Sagan
FRIGID New York @ Horse Trade is a theater development group with a focus on new work that produces a massive quantity of stimulating downtown theater every season. FRIGID's Resident Artist Program offers a home to a select group of Independent theater artists, pooling together a great deal of talent and energy. FRIGID New York grew out of the annual FRIGID Festival, the first and only festival of its kind in New York City to offer artists 100% of their box office proceeds, and Horse Trade Theater Group, a self-sustaining theater development and management group.
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