By: centraljersey.com
McCarter Theatre celebrated the opening night performance of Sarah Treem’s "The How and The Why" and the Sallie B. Goodman Prize on Jawn. 14. This year’s recipient is Academy Award-winner Mercedes Ruehl, who co-stars with Bess Rous in the production. The Sallie B. Goodman Prize – given in Sallie’s memory by her husband, Jerry Goodman, and their family and friends – was created to help attract some of the finest writers, choreographers, directors, and performers to work with McCarter Theatre.
McCarter Theatre will present "The How and the Why: In Conversation" on Sunday, Feb. 6, immediately following the 2 p.m. performance. This intimate, engaging and provocative discussion will explore big ideas associated with Ms. Treem’s play. This special event – which will begin at 4 p.m. – is free and open to the public.
To be moderated by acclaimed New York Times science writer Gina Kolata, this round-table conversation will explore the many overlapping questions of gender, evolution, feminism, and generation gaps in the fields of biology, gender studies and theater.
The discussion will feature Jill Dolan, director of the Program in the Study of Women and Gender at Princeton University; Emily Mann, artistic director of McCarter Theatre and director of "The How and The Why"; Franziska Michor, professor of Biostatics and Computational Biology at Harvard University and winner of the 2007 Dobzhansky Prize in Evolutionary Biology; Daniel Rubenstein, chair of Princeton University’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Shirley Tilghman, molecular biologist and President of Princeton University.
Performances for the Final Week of "The How and The Why" will take place Sunday, Feb. 6 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Feb. 8 at 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 11 at 8 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 12 at 3 and 8 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 13 at 2 p.m.
On the Web: www.mccarter.org.
