{"id":21308,"date":"2019-07-02T11:37:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T17:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=21308"},"modified":"2019-07-02T11:37:36","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T17:37:36","slug":"brainworks-the-theater-of-neuroscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=21308","title":{"rendered":"BrainWorks: The Theater of Neuroscience. . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

Opens July 19<\/em> <\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

Four one-act plays explore <\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

the wonders of the human brain<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

\"brainworks\"<\/a>Barnes-Jewish Hospital, in partnership with Nine Network of Public Media, will present BrainWorks, a live theatrical performance in four one-act plays July 19-21 at the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts on the Campus of Webster University.<\/p>\n

BrainWorks explores the wonders of the human brain by dramatizing real-life neurological cases through the eyes of Washington University neurosurgeons Albert Kim, PhD, MD, and Eric C. Leuthardt, MD, nationally renowned physicians, scientists and hosts of the Brain Coffee Podcast.<\/p>\n

Merging medical information and entertainment, Drs. Kim and Leuthardt will guide the audience through each scene, helping them understand the wonders of the human brain and the neuroscience of brain diseases, such as Alzheimer\u2019s disease, epilepsy, brain tumors and stroke. Drs. Kim and Leuthardt teamed up with playwrights from the New Dramatists to write each one-act play based on real-life cases overseen by the neurosurgeons.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have involved conversations about what\u2019s going to happen \u2013 the course of treatment, the risks and benefits,\u201d said Dr. Kim. \u201cWe also ensure the families become involved in those conversations. Together, the patient and family members become a part of the process that transforms and heals them. It\u2019s this kind of conversation we want to bring to others through BrainWorks.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMedicine is incredibly human,\u201d said Seth Gordon, director of the playwright. \u201cMedicine determines if we are healthy or unhealthy, medicine determines if we live or die. To pair those questions with an art form that deals with human empathy and human behavior is something I\u2019m proud to bring to the stage so that everybody can see it.<\/p>\n

BrainWorks is comprised of four unique and compelling one-act plays:<\/p>\n