RAT LOUIS SLOTIN in New York

[paulmullin@att.net]

March 15, 2001

Contact:  Erin Dunn/Katie Miller

ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE and THE ALFRED P. SLOAN 
FOUNDATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROJECT

PRESENT

THE NEW YORK PREMIERE OF "LOUIS SLOTIN SONATA"
By PAUL MULLIN
Directed by DAVID MOORE

AT ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE
549 West 52nd Street 

Performances begin Thursday, April 5
Opening Monday, April 9
Through Saturday, April 29

Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 
Science and Technology Project (Curt Dempster, Artistic 
Director; Jamie Richards, Executive Producer; Chris 
Smith, Program Director) are proud to present the New 
York  premiere of LOUIS SLOTIN SONATA by Paul Mullin and 
directed by David Moore.   Performances of LOUIS SLOTIN 
SONATA begin Thursday, April 5 at 8:00 p.m. at  Ensemble 
Studio Theatre (549 West 52nd Street / 2nd Floor 
Mainstage) with  opening night scheduled for Monday, 
April 9.

On Tuesday, May 21, 1946 Louis Slotin's hand slipped - a 
small,  practically insignificant blunder, except that 
Slotin was the chief-bomb builder  at Los Alamos - and at 
that fateful moment he released a "prompt burst" of 
radiation.  With a structure inspired by classical 
music's sonata allegro form,  LOUIS SLOTIN SONATA traces 
a brilliant scientist's last nine days, as his body  and 
mind deteriorate.  Reliving the moment of his accident 
again and again,  Slotin makes his own unique way to 
redemption.

The E.S.T./Sloan Project was created to commission, 
develop and  present new works for the theater exploring 
the worlds of science and technology  and to challenge 
the stereotypes of scientists and engineers in the 
popular  imagination.  It is part of the Alfred P. Sloan 
Foundation's nationwide effort  to support innovative 
work in theater, film and television that helps bridge 
the  gap between the two cultures.  Launched by Ensemble 
Studio Theatre-the nation's  pre-eminent developmental 
theater company-with a three-year grant of over one- half 
million dollars, the E.S.T./Sloan Project has 
commissioned more than fifty  artists, choreographers and 
theater companies to date.  The program's centerpiece is 
FIRST LIGHT, a month-long Festival of New Works held in 
April.   The E.S.T./Sloan Project has presented several 
special events to foster a  dialogue between the 
artistic, scientific and historical communities, 
including  "Creating Copenhagen," a symposium featuring 
Michael Frayn and Michael Blakemore  (playwright and 
director of the Tony Award-winning Copenhagen) and Hans 
Bethe  and John Wheeler (Nobel Prize-winning scientists) 
prior to the play's Broadway  opening.
  
Playwright Paul Mullin is the son of a physicist.  His 
plays have  been produced in cities across the country 
including Seattle, Washington D.C.,  Louisville, 
Baltimore, New York and Los Angeles, where he recently 
received the  L.A. Drama Critics Circle Ted Schmitt Award 
for Outstanding World Premiere of a  New Play.

Director David Moore makes his E.S.T. debut with LOUIS 
SLOTIN  SONATA.  He has directed extensively in Los 
Angeles, California, including Last of the Aztecs (Met 
Theatre), Gatsby in Hollywood (L.A.T.C.), Cut, Poison and  
Burn and Naked Holidays (Sacred Fools), and Five Women 
Wearing the Same Dress  (3,000 Miles Off-Broadway).  His 
recent film credits include Naked, Go Ahead,  Dancing 
Boy, and Hitting the Ground.
  
The cast of LOUIS SLOTIN SONATA includes Allyn Burrows, 
Bill  Cwikowski, Richmond Hoxie, Ezra Knight, Matthew 
Lawler, Amy Love, Joel Rooks and  William Salyers.
  
The design team for LOUIS SLOTIN SONATA includes Rachel 
Hauck  (sets), Greg MacPherson (lights), Amela Baksic 
(costumes) and Robert Gould  (sound).
  
ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE, founded twenty-seven years ago 
by Artistic  Director Curt Dempster, is an "innovative 
force in the theater" (The New York  Times) having become 
the most influential development theater in the United  
States.  Producing over 260 new plays, including the 
works of Arthur Miller,  Horton Foote, Wendy Wasserstein, 
Leslie Ayvazian, Christopher Durang, David Mamet, Marsha 
Norman, Frank D. Gilroy and Tennessee Williams.  E.S.T. 
has grown  from a core group of 20 to a membership of 
over 400.  E.S.T. is dedicated to  preserving and 
developing the resources of the professional theater by 
providing  a lifelong home to theater artists, developing 
new American plays for the  contemporary theatre and 
conducting comprehensive training programs through  their 
Institute for Professional Training and Summer Conference 
in Lexington,  N.Y.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

LOUIS SLOTIN SONATA will play Tuesday through Saturday 
evenings at 8:00 p.m.; and Sunday matinees at 3:00 p.m.
With the following exceptions:
Added performance Monday, April 9 at 8:00 p.m.
No performance, Tuesday, April 10.

All seats are $19.00.  To order tickets please call the 
E.S.T. box office at  (212) 247-4982.
 www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org



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