In Emmie’s sophomore year at High Point University, the Culp Planetarium opened. The theatre department was asked to stage readings of a couple of plays with scientific themes in the new space. This reading of “Copenhagen” was the first time that the planetarium was used for theatrical purposes. It was an incredible experience which included adapting to the challenges of visibility in a space without a proper stage, working with the light switches in the room, and conveying very difficult scientific and moral concepts with very few visual aids. They loved working in the space so much that they went on to assistant direct the new immersive work, “Time,” written and directed by Jay Putnam, and “Galaxies in Her Eyes”, a new planetarium opera directed by Kristine McIntyre.
Pictured above is a cast bonding exercise: Bohr guided a blindfolded Heisenberg through building & decorating a gingerbread house
(Actor with Celiac approved the activity and was provided with gloves and a mask)
Emmie D'Amico 