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Truth Values audience, Théâtre Erick Moreau, San Francisco

Featured Press

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“A powerful impact on young audience members”

“The types of honest and inspiring conversations that Truth Values sparks – can have a powerful impact on young audience members trying to find their own way forward with STEM education and careers.”

“De Cari delves into the . . . STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) with humour, insight and compassion.”

MIT News: Infinite Stories

Feature by Gioia De Cari
MIT Technology Review Magazine

Post-Performance Panel Discussion at MIT

Panel Discussion
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

“Alumna Adds Program Supporting Women in STEM to Long-Running Solo Show”

Written by Nicole Estvanik Taylor
Slice of MIT

“Women in the Entertainment Industry: Gioia De Cari”

Theatre Art Life Interview

“Falling in and out of Love with Science”

Hear Gioia as a featured storyteller for the Story Collider Podcast, recorded live at Caveat NYC.

“De Cari . . . drew huge laughs from the audience”

Truth Values performance brings humour and insights.

“Women in Math”

Ghazal Geshnizjani, professor and chair of Women in Math, University of Waterloo, appears with performance artist Gioia De Cari.

“Gioia De Cari on . . . Higher-Ed, Spaces with Souls, Proof, and ‘Truth Values’”

Written by Rich Kelley
Ensemble Studio Theatre

Featured Reviews + Responses

Quotes

“This is an important play”

-Nancy Hopkins, Amgen Professor of Biology Emerita, M.I.T., in The Boston Globe

“Fantastic monologue with moments of pure humor, sadness, intelligence and struggle”

–Gigliola Staffilani, Professor of Mathematics, MIT, Member, National Academy of Sciences

“Entirely wonderful…funny, moving, and perspective-changing”

-Sarah Bryant, Ph.D., Assistant Vice President of Programs, American Mathematical Society

“The show is fabulous…more than just a performance, it's a dialogue about some important issues.”

-Paula Olsiewski, Program Director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

"Energetic, intimate, hilarious"

-Wired

“★★★★… no fewer than 30 roles with gusto”

-TimeOut New York

“Appealing and nimble-witted performer”

-Boston Globe

“Wonderful way to raise awareness and elevate the dialogue”

-Chris Kaunas, Director, ADVANCE Center, Texas A & M University

“If you see only one play... about reflexive non-binary relations, make it this one”

-Los Angeles Times

“Snappy writer… sincere and entertaining”

-Boston Herald

“Funny and insightful…hilarious characters…riveting… go see this show!”

-Curtain Up

“Most moving and memorable account of what it means to be a woman in mathematics”

-Margaret Murray, Author of Women Becoming Mathematicians

"Any thinking person will be enticed by its universal themes..."

-Blast Magazine

“An absolute hoot, while being insightful and hopeful!"

-Habeeb Sultana, via Twitter

“Spectacular eye opening performance!!"

-@cherrchanfx, via Instagram

“The acting was brilliant, the story extremely compelling”

-Micaela Consens, Graduate student, University of Toronto

“Thank you for your courage…”

-Maryam Haghighi, Director, Data Science, Bank of Canada

“Everyone… will find something of their own reflected in her play”

-Martina Balagovic, M.I.T. Ph.D. in Mathematics, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of York

“True hilarity, but crosses often and deftly into serious topics”

– ExperienceLA.com

“The characters were so believable that I thought they were right there on stage with her”

-Sibel Jahangirli, Student, via LinkedIn

“A joyous synergy”

-The Medium

“Extremely important work… deserves to be performed at every university”

-Lied Center for the Arts, Lawrence, Kansas

“Hilarious… rich and wry reductio ad absurdum”

-Edge Boston

“Master thesis wrapped into great theatre“

-Katrin Wehrheim, Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley

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VIDEOS

“Alumna Adds Program Supporting Women in STEM to Long-Running Solo Show”

Written by Nicole Estvanik Taylor
Slice of MIT

“Are women inherently inferior to men in math and science?”

Interview by Carrie Saldo
Connection Points, WGBY

All For One Theater Festival: Gioia De Cari

Interview by All For One Theatre Festival
November 1, 2011

PODCASTS

Post-Performance Panel Discussion at MIT

Panel Discussion
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

“Falling in and out of Love with Science”

Hear Gioia as a featured storyteller for the Story Collider Podcast, recorded live at Caveat NYC.

“MIT's Math Maze”

Science and the City Podcast
The New York Academy of Sciences
November 13, 2009

“Women in Math”

Ghazal Geshnizjani, professor and chair of Women in Math, University of Waterloo, appears with performance artist Gioia De Cari.

Off Off Pod

Interview by Stephen Bittrich
Off Off Pod
February 8, 2014

ARTICLES

“A powerful impact on young audience members”

“De Cari delves into the . . . STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) with humour, insight and compassion.”

MIT News: Infinite Stories

Feature by Gioia De Cari
MIT Technology Review Magazine

"Reflecting on Truth Values as a Faculty Member of the MIT Math Department"

Written by Gigliola Staffilani
Association for Women in Mathematics

“Fringe Festival: ★★★★”

Review by Andrew Frisicano
TimeOut New York

“Recovering mathematician’s MIT ‘Truth’ a calculated move”

Written by Jenna Scherer
Boston Herald

WIRED: GeekMom

Review by Rebecca Angel
Wired Magazine

“Women in the Entertainment Industry: Gioia De Cari”

Theatre Art Life Interview

“De Cari . . . drew huge laughs from the audience”

Truth Values performance brings humour and insights.

“A Logic Major Hits Reality at MIT”

Review by Lois M. Baron
MAA Focus
March 2, 2013

“For Gioia De Cari, Larry Summers Made Her Play”

Written by Joel Brown
Boston Globe

USC Visions and Voices Arts and Humanities Series

Review by Charity Tran
ExperienceLA.com
March 13, 2014

“Blast: Truth Values”

Review by Joelle Jameson
Blast Magazine

"The Mathematical Dramatist”

Interview by Julie Rehmeyer
Notices of the American Mathematical Society

“Truth Values: An Interview with the Artist”

Interview by Alison Klejna
Central Square Theater

"‘Truth Values’ at the Central Square”

Review by Joel Brown
HubArts

"Art and Science Unite"

Written by Meghan Pierce
New Hampshire Union Leader

"Extremely Humorous and Entertaining"

Written by Stanislas Monfront
The Williams Record

“Gioia De Cari on . . . Higher-Ed, Spaces with Souls, Proof, and ‘Truth Values’”

Written by Rich Kelley
Ensemble Studio Theatre

"Math whiz: Play recalls tough days at male-dominated MIT"

Written by Steve Pfarrer
Daily Hampshire Gazette

“Heading back to the scene of the crime”

Written by Margo Lemburger
Fringe Propaganda

“What do you mean, ‘Recovering Mathematician?’”

Interview by Margaret Lobenstein
The Renaissance Soul
August 14, 2009

“A live merging of arts and science hits the stage with the one-woman play Truth Values.”

“Gioia De Cari's 1-woman play at Mount Holyoke College“

Written by Cori Urban
MassLive
December 28, 2011

“And then Larry Summers came along, and he was my muse..."

Review by Timmi Duchamp
Ambling Along the Aqueduct
December 4, 2011

"Math + Women + MIT = Dramatic Tension"

Written by Carolyn Mooney
Chronicle of Higher Education
January 17, 2010

“ARTalk: Truth Values”

Review by Ken Haggerty
MIT ArtTalk
September 22, 2009

“‘Truth Values’…Presents Audiences With The Things That Really Count”

Review by Marc Stern
Open Media Boston
September 21, 2009

EDGE Entertainment: Theatre

Review by Kilian Melloy
EDGE Boston
September 14, 2009

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Featured Press

Featured Reviews + Responses

-Nancy Hopkins, Amgen Professor of Biology Emerita, M.I.T., in The Boston Globe

–Gigliola Staffilani, Professor of Mathematics, MIT, Member, National Academy of Sciences

-David Vogan, Professor of Mathematics, MIT

-K.C. Cole, Science Writer

-Abigail Stewart, Director of University of Michigan's NSF ADVANCE Program

-Monica Nevins, Professor of Mathematics, University of Ottawa

-Jennifer Sheridan, Executive Director, WISELI, University of Wisconsin-Madison

-Doug Ensley, Ph.D., Chair of Mathematics, Shippensburg University

-Sarah Bryant, Ph.D., Assistant Vice President of Programs, American Mathematical Society

-Paula Olsiewski, Program Director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

-Wired

-TimeOut New York

-Boston Globe

-Chris Kaunas, Director, ADVANCE Center, Texas A & M University

-Los Angeles Times

-Boston Herald

-Curtain Up

-Margaret Murray, Author of Women Becoming Mathematicians

-Blast Magazine

-Habeeb Sultana, via Twitter

-@cherrchanfx, via Instagram

-Micaela Consens, Graduate student, University of Toronto

-Maryam Haghighi, Director, Data Science, Bank of Canada

-Martina Balagovic, M.I.T. Ph.D. in Mathematics, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of York

– ExperienceLA.com

-Sibel Jahangirli, Student, via LinkedIn

-The Medium

-Lied Center for the Arts, Lawrence, Kansas

-Edge Boston

-Katrin Wehrheim, Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley

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Official Video Series

Truth Values on Tour