Completeness, Itamar Moses
Completeness, Itamar Moses
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Completeness

Author: Itamar Moses

Narrator: Jason Ritter, Mandy Siegfried, Andre Sogliuzzo, Mia Barron

Unabridged: 2 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/01/2012


Synopsis

A play about love between gun-shy young scientists! Just how does a computer scientist romance a molecular biologist? Elliot offers to build a computer program to help Molly with her latest research project, but they discover that love just might be the winning formula - if they can only move beyond their fear and past heartbreak.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:
Jason Ritter as Elliot;
Mandy Siegfried as Molly;
André Sogliuzzo as Don and Franklin;
Mia Barron as Lauren and Nell.

Directed by Stephen Sachs. Recorded before a live audience at the James Bridges Theater at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in October, 2011.

Completeness is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Major funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhance public understanding of science and technology in the modern world.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jay on February 16, 2019

I find myself in the middle of a streak of books about algorithms, but this was the first play and first love story in that streak. Interesting in being about grad students in science, and their interactions revolving around how the computer science guy and bio girl could learn something about their......more

Goodreads review by Ian on September 29, 2024

I read this - didn't listen to a CD. It's so well observed and has to have audiences howling in recognition of the push-pull, undeclared, teetering dance of people taking things from cheating hook-up to relationship and bailing for another hook-up. There's so much more to it, the science/programming......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on February 14, 2019

Captures the awkwardness of grad students deftly; puts into words the fear and hope, clumsiness and clutching at pursuing new relationships after big ones fizzle out (for the first time). Can we be loved with all our baggage and scar tissue that just keeps on accumulating?......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on September 27, 2018

I read the script for this play and so it was very quick. Although it went heavy into science jargon in some parts, I still got the symbolism Moses was going for. Very well thought-out. I can see why his stuff has been successful.......more

Goodreads review by Emma on February 22, 2015

There is always something a little off to me about plays that try to align computer programming and love.........more