Honestly the best science I've ever done and - frankly the best science
in the history of humankind - has started with the same thought
experiment: find the ways in which humanity thinks it is special... and
assume that we're not.
How do you plan for a catastrophe?
Virologist Nathan Wolfe, named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People
in the World for his work tracking viral pandemic outbreaks, proposed
pandemic insurance years before the novel coronavirus outbreak. No one
bought it.
Now, in a post-COVID world, we hear his story. A time-jumping tale based
on the life and work of Nathan Wolfe (who also happens to be the
playwright's husband). Though not a play about COVID19, it is a true
story of a pandemic expert. A deep dive into the profundities of
scientific exploration and modern Judaism, the lengths one goes for love
and family, the bracing truths of fatherhood and discovery, and the
harrowing realities of facing your own mortality, The Catastrophist is
also a story of a main character battling the story he's in... and who
is writing it.