Delicate Particle Logicz 

by Indra's Net 

complicated science 

in two acts 

at the Berkeley Osher Studio

Jennifer Blackmur's new play, premiered at the Berkeley Osher stage. Produced by Indra's Net with its founder Bruce Coughran's directing the project. 

In 1938s, Lise Meitner, a German Jewish physicist in hiding in Sweden received a letter from her collaborator, Otto Hahn in Berlin, describing an experiment involving unranuim the two had been pursuing. Otto would later receive the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for spiting the atom. Lisa was mentioned, but did not share the prize. Of course this would lead to the BOMB.

The story is placed between two women flipping in and out of clever flash backs - Otto's wife Edith and Lisa meet in an asylum that the wife has been assigned too. The two tell the story of Otto and his conflicts with the science.

The cast is very good, and if the acting wasn't so good - I for one could never follow the complex scientific dialog of the characters: Janet Keller as Edith, opera singer Teressa Byrne, Michael Kern Cassidy as Hahn, and in various roles,  Darek Burkowski and Jeff Garrett. This cast for the most part has collaborated in other Indra's Net plays about modern science. 

Mr ScottAlexander creates original music as players perform.  

Thursdays-Saturdays at 8, Sundays at 5 through November 23, Osher Studio, 2055 Center Street, near Shattuck. $20-$28. (415)6139210

www.indrasnettheater.com