The Superconductor

Overview

A physics lab has been working, some for months and some for years, to bring to life a theoretical superconductor that would change the face of physics. On this day their work remains the same, except for two important factors: one of their lead physicists is in the hospital, and they’re voting on whether or not to unionize.

Winner of Cannonball and Philadelphia Theater Company’s Text and Dramaturgy Cohort, The Superconductor is about scientific progress, worker’s rights, and how they have to go hand in hand.

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About the Artist

August Hakvaag (they/them) is a butch theatre artist currently based in Philadelphia, PA. They received a BA in Theatre, and are currently pursuing a Graduate Certificate in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies from Temple University. They were a Princess Grace Fellowship Award semi-finalist, a Susan Smith Blackburn Prize nominee, and is a current PlayPenn Foundry Member. They have worked internationally as an actor, director, and playwright. Highlights include working with Moxie Arts NY, Impulse Control Freaks, Philadelphia Young Playwrights, The Twenty Sided Tavern, Richmond Triangle Players, Theatre Exile, Tokyo International Players, and Aporia Artists Collective, of which they are a founding member. You can also catch the world premiere of their award-winning play Acute Exposure this Fringe, produced by The Lemonade Stand.

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