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Table in the Air

10-minute play
Marie Curie prides herself in being a rational scientist. Unfortunately, her husband has fallen under the spell of a notorious “medium”. To protect Pierre’s reputation, Marie must expose the fraud. ​

CHARACTERS:
Female
  Marie Curie, 37, Polish scientist, slim
  Eusapia Palladino (Sapia), 51, Italian conjurer, stocky
Male
  Pierre Curie, 45, French scientist
 
SETTING:
Psychological Institute, Paris, France
 
TIME:
Evening, 1905

(online reading)
Migration Stories
First Fridays,
The Barrow Group
New York, NY
​November 4, 2022

​Cast: Carrie Sayer (Marie), Tom Paolino (Pierre), Marcia Kailian (Sapia)​
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Tom Paolino (Pierre), Carrie Sayer (Marie) and Marcia Kailian (Sapia)​

(online reading)
LA Play Reading
Los Angeles, California
November 28, 2021

​Cast: Louise Cornetta
 (Marie), Chuck Lacey (Pierre), Leslie C. Nemet (Sapia)​
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Video of Chuck Lacey (Pierre), Louise Cornetta (Marie) and Leslie C. Nemet (Sapia)​

(online reading)
The Salon
Pipeline-Collective
Nashville, Tennessee
​November 15, 2021

​​Cast: Maggie Pitt (Marie), 
Henry Graham Murray (Pierre), Terry Occhiogrosso (Sapia)​

Directed by 
Robert Chambers
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Henry Graham Murray (Pierre), Maggie Pitt (Marie) and Terry Occhiogrosso (Sapia)

(online reading)
​
Tiger's Heart Players
New York, NY
October 31, 2021

Cast: Bella Duve
 (Marie), Dan Walworth (Pierre), Misti Tindiglia (Sapia)​
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Bella Duve (Marie), Misti Tindiglia (Sapia)​ and Dan Walworth (Pierre)

(online reading)
Anything Goes! Theatre Lab

ANDTheatre Company
New York, NY
​
October 27, 2021

Cast: Penny Balfour (Marie), John Lampe (Pierre), Jill Melanie Wirth (Sapia)
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John Lampe (Pierre), Penny Balfour (Marie) and Jill Melanie Wirth (Sapia)

(online reading)
Gulf Coast Playwrights Circle
Tallahassee, Florida
October 19, 2021


Cast: Jenna Jane (Marie), Paul Donnelly (Pierre), Amy Reuben (Sapia)
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Paul Donnelly (Pierre), Jenna Jane (Marie) and Amy Reuben (Sapia)

(online reading)
P.A.G.E.S.
New York, NY
​March 30, 2021

​
Cast: Petra Seirmarco (Marie), Stan Saja (Pierre), Victoria Freedman (Sapia)
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Stan Saja (Pierre) and Petra Seirmarco (Marie)

(staged reading)
Dragon Eggs

Dragon Productions Theatre Company
Redwood City, California
​January 17, 2021

Cast: Damaris Divito 
(Marie), Reg Clay (Pierre), Annette Oliveira (Sapia)

Directed by Aimee Greenberg
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Damaris Divito (Marie), Reg Clay (Pierre) and Annette Oliveira (Sapia)

(online reading)
​
​Dunne's Downtime Players
Eldersburg, Maryland
​January 17, 2021


Cast: Sam David (Marie), Steve Bruun (Pierre), Sarah Kezman (Sapia)
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Sam David (Marie), Steve Bruun (Pierre) and Sarah Kezman (Sapia)

(online reading)
​Moving Parts
Paris, France
November 22, 2020

Cast: 
Helena Dubiel Lorenzen (Marie), Florian Bartsch (Pierre), Mia Leahy (Sapia)

​Directed by Stephanie Campion 
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Helena Dubiel Lorenzen (Marie), Florian Bartsch (Pierre) and Mia Leahy (Sapia)

(workshop/reading)
Stage to Page
Playwrights' Studio
Centre of Contemporary Arts
Glasgow, UK
November 25, 2019

Cast: 
Marjorie Ferry (Marie), George Docherty (Pierre), Janette Foggo (Sapia)

Directed by Calum Beaton

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Listed as a Third Place Winner (yet to be produced) in Best Ten Minute Plays of 2019 (Smith & Kraus)


Honorable Mention at the ​2019 Science Playwriting Competition, The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics and the C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stony Brook University, New York.

Marie Curie (Table in the Air) is the second ​part of a trilogy of short plays: Female Scientists to the Rescue.