Quantum Voyages
- Event Type
- Performance
- Sponsor
- Season-long Sponsors: A. Mark Neuman and Anonymous
- Location
- Krannert Center, Colwell Playhouse, 500 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL 61801
- Date
- Apr 19, 2025 7:30 pm
- Cost
- Advocate 60 / Standard 25 / SC Senior citizens: age 65 or over, or retired U of I faculty and staff 20 / STU Non-U of I college students 15 / UI Current, full-time U of I student & YTH Youth: high school and younger 10
- Registration
- Tickets
- Views
- 66
- Originating Calendar
- The Office for Arts Integration Events
- Conceived and written by Smitha Vishveshwara and Latrelle BrightMusic by Stephen Taylor
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts celebrates the UNESCO 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology with a re-envisioned performance of Quantum Voyages, a performance piece conceived and written by University of Illinois faculty Smitha Vishveshwara (Physics) and Latrelle Bright (Theatre Studies), with music by Stephen Taylor (Composition-Theory). Quantum Voyages premiered in 2018 at the University of Illinois in celebration of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Anthony Leggett’s 80th birthday.
Guided by Sapienza, the spirit of knowledge, two voyagers, Terra and Akash, enter the microscopic realm of atomic landscapes and quantum conundrums to discover a magnificent and baffling world foreign to everyday human experience. In moments of strife, quantum sages—real-life physicists—briefly appear to share their wisdom.
Krannert Center also thanks our 2024-25 Corporate & Community Sponsors—please visit our Corporate & Community Giving page to view a complete list of this season's sponsors.