A Reading of
NIGHT SCIENCE by MK Tuomanen
Winner of the 2024-2025 McNally Award
Sunday, May 4, 2025, at 7:00 PM
Philadelphia Theatre Company’s Suzanne Roberts Theatre
Winner of the 2024 McNally Award, Night Science follows Nobel-winning scientists — Marie Curie and Emmanuelle Charpentier. MK Tuomanen’s work bounces from hilarity to heartbreak as it asks a question central to creating anything in the Anthropocene: why share knowledge with a species that can turn any idea into a weapon?
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About PTC’s Terrence McNally Award
Terrence McNally’s storied collaboration with Philadelphia Theatre Company included four McNally world premieres (Master Class, Unusual Acts of Devotion, Golden Age, and Some Men), underscoring Terrence’s long-standing commitment to Philadelphia’s vibrant cultural scene and thriving community of artists.
As a continuation of that commitment, as well as Terrence’s personal commitment to supporting early-career playwrights, Terrence McNally and PTC (under Artistic Directors Sara Garonzik, Paige Price) created the Terrence McNally Award, which supports one Philadelphia-based, early career playwright with financial resources and a public reading of their play at PTC. Past McNally Awardees have included Pulitzer Prize-winner James Ijames, Bill Cain, A. Zell Williams, Martín Zimmerman, Donja R. Love, and Stephanie Kyung Sun Walters. Philadelphia has long been a home for outstanding new plays, and the Terrence McNally Award is designed to materially support and uplift outstanding Philadelphia playwrights.
