The Cosmogenesis: The Story of Us Team
Playwright/Screenwriter & Vision Keeper
Playwright/Screenwriter & Vision Keeper
Playwright/Screenwriter & Vision Keeper
Rebecca Sophia Strong is the author and visionary behind Cosmogenesis: The Story of Us. She is a trained psychotherapist in private practice and an independent Playwright/Screenwriter. Chosen for her visionary script & artistic excellence in bringing the arts & sciences into one unifying story, Rebecca Sophia has a lifetime of dedica
Rebecca Sophia Strong is the author and visionary behind Cosmogenesis: The Story of Us. She is a trained psychotherapist in private practice and an independent Playwright/Screenwriter. Chosen for her visionary script & artistic excellence in bringing the arts & sciences into one unifying story, Rebecca Sophia has a lifetime of dedicated creative work at the intersection of education, performance art and science. As a response to a “crisis of meaning” in young people due to racism, climate change and a loss of a sense of belonging, along with Cosmogenesis, Strong created a 15- part, non-formal science curriculum and a one-woman show teaching the 13.8-billion-year scientific story as a message of hope and inspiration. Nominated for the MacArthur Fellowship, Rebecca Sophia is a TEDx speaker and has worked with Ithaca College, University of Minneapolis Minnesota, the WILD Foundation, University of Colorado Boulder’s Environmental Center and Fiske Planetarium sharing the message of Cosmogenesis.
Producer & Collaborator Extraordinaire
Playwright/Screenwriter & Vision Keeper
Playwright/Screenwriter & Vision Keeper
Dr. John Keller is the Director of Fiske Planetarium and a Teaching Professor of Distinction within the Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences Department at the University of Colorado Boulder. Keller is a planetary scientist with research interests in occultations, astronomy education, and teacher preparation. He is PI and Co-PI for multipl
Dr. John Keller is the Director of Fiske Planetarium and a Teaching Professor of Distinction within the Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences Department at the University of Colorado Boulder. Keller is a planetary scientist with research interests in occultations, astronomy education, and teacher preparation. He is PI and Co-PI for multiple NASA and NSF funded projects through which Fiske produces immersive full dome films that are shared with the planetarium community worldwide free of charge. He also helped establish and run the Research and Education Collaborative Occultation Network (RECON), an NSF-funded citizen science effort involving over 40 high schools across the western US to measure objects out beyond Neptune using stellar occultations, and he has contributed to international occultation campaigns on three continents for the NASA New Horizons and NASA Lucy missions.
Director & Firecracker
Playwright/Screenwriter & Vision Keeper
Director & Firecracker
Dr Cecilia J. Pang is a director, actress and playwright/adapter. Presently, she is a Professor of Theatre and Dance at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her 50 plus directing credits range from classical Greek to contemporary comedies to Sondheim musical. A champion of new play development, she has directed numerous original plays
Dr Cecilia J. Pang is a director, actress and playwright/adapter. Presently, she is a Professor of Theatre and Dance at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her 50 plus directing credits range from classical Greek to contemporary comedies to Sondheim musical. A champion of new play development, she has directed numerous original plays including two winners of the Mildred and James Panowski Playwriting Award and the 2000 national winner of the Kemnedy Center/American College Theatre Festival 10 Minute Play. Currently, she serves as the Artistic Director of the newly rebranded Insight Colab Theatre. Founded by pan Asian American artists, Insight Colab Theatre spotlights inclusive, innovative, and inspiring works to illuminate our shared human experience.
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