Scientists, Technologists and Artists Generating Exploration

Scientists, Technologists and Artists Generating Exploration (STAGE) was created in 2005 to encourage collaboration between artists and scientists. Originally, it began as a partnership between the Professional Artists Lab and the California NanoSystems Institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara. STAGE, which is housed at California NanoSystems Institute, hosts a biennial international script competition and a Collaboratory.[1]

The founder and director of STAGE is Nancy Kawalek, a Studio Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[2]

Script Competition

The STAGE International Script Competition awards a $10,000 prize to the best new play about science and technology.[3]

Past Judges

A panel of artists and scientists serve as jurors for each cycle of the competition.[4] Judges have included

Past winners

Playwrights who have won the competition include

  • Jamie Pachino for Splitting Infinity[5]
  • Elyse Singer for Frequency Hopping[6]
  • Anna Ziegler for Photograph 51[7]
  • Craig Baxter for The Altruists[8]

The Collaboratory

In 2009, STAGE launched The Collaboratory, an artistic laboratory for the development of theatrical works that have a multi-media component and that feature science and technology. The first play being created in The Collaboratory is The Brain Project.[9]

The Brain Project

Participants of The Brain Project include

References
  1. "STAGE". Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  2. "Film and Media Studies:Nancy Kawalek". Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  3. Matt Kettmann. "Third Annual Playwriting Competition Puts Science on the Stage". Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  4. "Tony, Olivier, Pulitzer & Nobel Winners to Judge International Script Competition in 2010". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  5. "Science Friday Video: Splitting Infinity". Science Friday. Archived from the original on 26 October 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  6. "Frequency Hopping". Hourglass Group. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  7. Gordon Cox (5 August 2008). "Anna Ziegler wins Stage competition". Variety. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  8. "Awards and Prizes". American Theatre. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  9. "STAGE Collaboratory". Retrieved 25 October 2011.
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