#12 Neurobiologist Stuart Firestein and Playwright Jake Brasch on a Moving New Off-Broadway Play and On the Ties that Bind Us – Aging, Family, Recovery and Memory

Neurobiologist Stuart Firestein and playwright Jake Brasch join Nick Dirks on Shaping Science to discuss “The Reservoir,” a new Off-Broadway play that touches on universal themes, including aging, family, recovery and memory. Stuart Firestein, PhD, a neurobiologist at Columbia University, also advises the Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science & Technology Project, who are co-producers of the play. Jake Brasch is a recent graduate of The Julliard School and holds a BFA from NYU Tisch. This is his first production staged in New York.

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