Lauren Gunderson
UW Discovery Building 330 N. Orchard St., Madison, Wisconsin 53715
Survival of the Storied: Why Science Needs Art and Art Needs Science
Lauren Gunderson
Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Playwright and author Lauren Gunderson, whose play Silent Sky has its Midwestern premier with the Forward Theater Company on November 5, will explore ways that science and story share a structure that begs for heroism, action, surprise, mystery and wonder. Drama is built into discovery, just as engineering underpins good drama. Discover the synchronicities of science and story: why we are always in desperate need of both, why both need each other and why telling the untold stories of science can change the world.