Early warning of the next big conversation starter on the north bank of the Charles: Though she won't enter the national consciousness like Henry Louis Gates, people along many smoots of Mass. Ave. are likely to be talking about Gioia De Cari in September. That's when she opens her one-woman show,"Truth Values: One Girl's Romp Through M.I.T.'s Male Math Maze"at Cambridge’s Central Square Theater. In the show, presented Sept. 10-20 by the Underground Railway company, De Cari "shares her experiences in the exotic boys club of higher mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. While making the most of the comic absurdity of being pawed by nerds, being asked to serve cookies at a seminar, and retaliating with fashion experiments, Truth Values is also a serious exploration of the world of elite mathematics and the role of women in science."
No surprise that former Harvard President Larry Summers is invoked in the press release; De Cari, who describes herself as a "recovering mathematician," says his famous comments on women in science spurred her to write it. And speaking of fun, selected performances will be followed by conversations with artists and scientists from MIT and Harvard.The piece has already been produced in a couple of festivals in 2008, and is headed to the Fringe in NYC in August. Miriam Eusebio directs.
Tix are $35 with assorted student discounts available. Buy at (866) 811-4111, www.centralsquaretheater.org or the box office. For box office hours, group discounts, and more info call (617) 576-9278 x213.
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