"This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper. "
- From T.S. Eliot’s The Hollow Men (1925)
BABY M is a swift science drama that explores maternity, mythology, and M Theory as the world's largest particle collider goes online. Mary is a brilliant physicist on the verge of opening a new collider on US soil. Her partner, Chris, is a science author and also accused of her murder. As his lawyer and long-time friend Madison puts the pieces together, everyone's past and present starts mingling with the mysteries and possibilities of atomic physics.
As Mary’s experiments and analysis gain momentum, she realizes she is pregnant with more than great ideas. The child within her starts getting confused with the child in her mind. How much does Chris know about her work? How much does Mary know about the threat of her own projects? What would a mother do to protect her child?
CHARACTERS:
Chris: 27-35
Mary: 27-35
Madison: 27-35
SETTINGS: A wall of sliding blackboards behind the playing space, A room in a police station, a small apartment kitchen and bathroom, other various.
BABY M's workshop production at Texas Lutheran University Oct 2005.
