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

“An absolute hoot, while being insightful and hopeful! Loved every minute!”

-Habeeb SultanA, via Twitter

“Spectacular eye opening performance!!"

“It was such a spectacular eye opening performance!! I would recommend it to everyone!.”

-@cherrchanfx, via Instagram

“The acting was brilliant, the story extremely compelling”

“I am currently a PhD student in Computer Science at U of T, and I loved Truth Values. It touched on so many relevant subjects and had such insightful and hilarious commentary. Gioia validated a lot of similar experiences I have had in the field, without, ironically, over-dramatizing their severity or downstream effects. I thought the acting was brilliant, the story was extremely compelling, and the underlying truth the play captured was evident.”

-Micaela Consens, Graduate student, University of Toronto

“It’s a play you want to debate: about joy in math, about being yourself, and about your impact on others.”

-Monica Nevins, Professor of Mathematics, University of Ottawa

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

-Sibel Jahangirli, Student, via LinkedIn

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

“Thank you for a wonderful performance ... This is an extremely important work which deserves to be performed at every university in the land.”

-Lied Center for the Arts, Lawrence, Kansas

“Mathematics lost a brilliant mind… but theatre folk may well rejoice”

"Truth Values is a timely and fascinating story about a brilliant young woman pursuing an advanced degree in mathematics at M.I.T., and the sexism, latent and blatant, that she encounters. Though there is much to laugh about here, there is also much to enrage anyone who is not a closet chauvinist. Gioia's performance would be satisfying in any circumstances, but the fact that Truth Values is autobiographical adds wonder and zest to the experience. Mathematics lost a brilliant mind when she decided to become an actor, but theatre folk may well rejoice!"

-Marvin Kaye, Artistic Director, The Open Book

“Courageous memoir… virtuosic and memorable”

“Gioia De Cari's one-woman show, Truth Values, is a courageous memoir – funny and moving and beautifully paced. Her zig-zagging through many different characters is virtuosic. It's memorable." 

-David Leisner, guitarist/composer, Department Chair, Manhattan School of Music

“Resonance a-plenty… Thank you for speaking your voice”

"...Am in the midst of doing the Engineering PhD Thing right now, so... yep, resonance a-plenty...Thank you for speaking your voice, and living your calling -- both into mathematics and out of it. Keep doing whatever you were put into this universe to do, and the world will continue to benefit from your awesomeness (which is considerable)...Rock on."

-Purdue Engineering Student

“Depiction of the wacky mathematicians… helping us to laugh at ourselves”

“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.”

-Jennifer French, M.I.T. Ph.D. in Mathematics, Postdoctoral Associate, M.I.T.’s Teaching and Learning Library

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

“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

“Addresses issues of diversity head on… respect for those who are different”

“The entire play is at heart a reflection on truth – especially truths which many people would rather ignore than recognize… The play addresses issues of diversity head on, as well as caring and respect for those who are different from ourselves.”

-K.C. Cole, long-time science writer for The Los Angeles Times, Professor, University of Southern California Annenberg School of Journalism, and author of The Universe and the Teacup: The Mathematics of Truth and Beauty

“I left the theatre shaken… reminds us why we do what we do”

“I left the theatre shaken, wondering how one woman — during one performance — could remind me of the legions of people I have known during my own mathematical romp. Gioia's performance was riveting, and by sharing her story she gave permission for many of us in the audience to share ours. The fact that there are still so many stories reminds us why we do what we do at STEM-UP PA.”

-Sarah Bryant, Ph.D., Project Manager, STEM-UP PA