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Theatergoers crowd the Kitchen Theatre Company's lobby for the opening night reception of "Milkweed" on Feb. 27. The neon sign represents the Kitchen's goal of bringing deeper questions to the stage.

IC alum’s world premiere of ‘Milkweed’ explores intimacy of education and legacy

By Georgie Gassaro, Staff Writer March 5, 2026
“Milkweed” is an introspective exploration of the commonalities between physics and theater, both as educational disciplines and bases for existential thought about mortality, purpose and human legacy. Evaluating the “charged space between students and teachers,” the plot follows two parallel dynamics: a renowned physicist receiving acting lessons from his graduate acting student, who is taking his class as an elective, and a theater professor mentoring a physics student with a growing passion for acting.
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