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Opening Skinner’s Box

First Preview: Jun 30, 2017
Opening Date: Jul 10, 2017
Closing Date: Jul 13, 2017
Running Time: 01:45
Opening Skinner’s Box

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Playing @
Gerald W. Lynch Theatre at John Jay College
524 West 59th Street, New York City, NY 10019
Why do we love? When would we kill? How do we learn? Why do we believe in the unbelievable? 

With their trademark mix of wit, insight, and inventive stagecraft, Britain’s Improbable Theater company takes us on a “fascinating, if at times alarming” (Times, U.K.) tour of ten famous 20th-century psychological experiments, starting with B.F. Skinner’s notorious rat boxes.

Inspired by Lauren Slater’s acclaimed book
, Opening Skinner’s Box is a time-traveling dialogue with the audacious scientists who set out to unlock the secrets of human behavior. Amidst ethically questionable methods, shocking results, and blinding biases, one thing becomes abundantly clear: Everything we thought we knew about ourselves is wrong.

Part of Lincoln Center Festival 2017
Off BroadwayPerformance ArtPlay - Drama
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 16

Performance Schedule

MONDAY thru WEDNESDAY @ 8 PM


Written By
  • Adapted from the book by Lauren Slater

Director
  • Phelim McDermott and Lee Simpson

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Accessibility

  • Elevator/Escalator

    Elevator - Main entrance / lobby Accessible to wheelchair users
  • Assisted Listening System

    Devices for the hearing impaired available. Infrared system/assistive listening available. Both at the coat check.
  • Wheelchair Info

    Wheelchair access available.The balcony is not requiring ascending two flights of stairs.
  • Entrance

    The GWL Theater is ADA accessible from the street to the orchestra level of the theater
  • Seating

    The aisles of the theater consist of stairs, not ramps.
  • Telephone

    None on premises
  • Water Fountain

    Located near Men's Room

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