A QUANTUM OF HOPE

a play in one act

written during the international year of quantum science & technology 2025

The end of the world has never looked so bureaucratic. When an alien civilization announces Earth will be demolished to make way for a research station, humanity is given five years to prove its value. The evaluation criteria? Randomly chosen to be quantum science and technologies. Five experts, each with their own research agenda, are locked in a room to select a single project proposal to unite global efforts. Douglas Adams meets 12 Angry Men in a galactic-grade grant review committee, where scientific ideas, moral convictions and unruly egos clash.

Stay tuned for updates:

Sep 2025 Staged reading at the Perimeter Institute [free tickets]
Sep 2025 Final draft complete
May 2025 Table work sessions
Apr 2025 First draft completed

Questions? Contact us at info@aquantumofhope.com.

Shawn Skelton

university of leibniz, hanover

Anna Knörr

harvard quantum initiative

Jaime Redondo Yuste

niels bohr institute, copenhagen

Manu Srivastava

center for theoretical physics, mit

Anna Brandenberger

department of mathematics, mit

First production [stage reading] on September 20 & 21, 2025, 17:00.

Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

Gang Xu

puck

Thanos Kogios

miguel

Nicolas Cresto

schmidt

Marina Ansanelli

elisabeth

Kiana Salehi

jeff

Ben Webster

stef

Andrea Wingelaar

direction

Elly Moghtaderi

sound design

Sunny Tsang

production

Could be you!

stage manager,
lighting, etc.

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Interested in volunteering or in collaborating on another production?
Contact us at info@aquantumofhope.com.

Thanks to the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics and Two Small Fish Ventures for financial support.

Thanks to Sunny Tsang and many other PI folks for logistical support, to Adrienne Dandy and Zivy Hardy for running table work sessions, and to everyone who showed up to table work and gave us valuable feedback.