Scientists, Technologists and Artists Generating Exploration

STAGE, which is housed at California NanoSystems Institute, hosts a biennial international script competition and a Collaboratory.

[1] The founder and director of STAGE is Nancy Kawalek, a Studio Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

[2] The STAGE International Script Competition awards a $10,000 prize to the best new play about science and technology.

[3] A panel of artists and scientists serve as jurors for each cycle of the competition.

[4] Judges have included Playwrights who have won the competition include In 2009, STAGE launched The Collaboratory, an artistic laboratory for the development of theatrical works that have a multi-media component and that feature science and technology.