“This is an important play”
-Nancy Hopkins, Amgen Professor of Biology Emerita, M.I.T., in The Boston Globe
“[M.I.T. Biologist Nancy] Hopkins says she did not enjoy the tumult surrounding the Summers controversy, ‘but if it had the effect of bringing this issue forward and inspiring this young woman to write this fabulous play . . . I’d say it was worth it, because this is an important play.’”
-The Boston Globe
“Entirely wonderful…funny, moving, and perspective-changing”
-David Vogan, Professor of Mathematics, MIT
“The play is entirely wonderful: very funny, and very moving, and perspective-changing. It was a particular pleasure to see a friend doing so extremely well at work that is so worthwhile. But I would have loved the play even if I'd never heard of the author.”
–David Vogan, M.I.T. math professor
“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
“The play explores the joy of being a mathematician, the pains of graduate school, and the path of discovering that research isn’t the same as taking classes. Some of the topics she talks about are specific for women, some are specific for mathematicians, but I think everyone who ever had a hard time in their career and thought about changing it will find something of their own reflected in her play.”
-Martina Balagovic, M.I.T. Ph.D. in Mathematics, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of York
“Depiction of the wacky mathematicians… helping us to laugh at ourselves”
-Jennifer French, M.I.T. Ph.D. in Mathematics, Postdoctoral Associate, M.I.T.’s Teaching and Learning Library
“Gioia’s story is engaging, entertaining, and personal – one woman’s path to find herself and her passions while pursuing a doctorate in M.I.T.’s Math Department. The depiction of the wacky mathematicians is both frank and sometimes timeless, helping us to laugh at ourselves and our little community, glad that we can now wear pink sweaters and short skirts without anyone taking offense.”