Underground Railway Theater to Present Complicite's A DISAPPEARING NUMBER, 10/20

Underground Railway Theater will present A Disappearing Number by Complicite, conceived and originally directed by Simon McBurney, devised by the original company. Elaine Vaan Hogue directs Underground Railway Theater's production. A Disappearing Number is part of the 10th Anniversary of Catalyst Collaborative@MIT, a science-theatre collaboration between Central Square Theater and MIT. The press performance is Monday, October 20 at 7:30PM.

In 1913 a clerk in rural India, Ramanujan, sends a letter to the renowned Cambridge mathematician, G.H. Hardy, containing an extraordinary series of theorems. What ensues is a legendary, intellectually passionate, seven-year collaboration. Interwoven with the present-day story of Ruth, a British math professor, and her husband, an Indian-American businessman. Drama, comedy, Indian dance and music weave an immersive experience the New York Times called "mesmerizing", a love-story that combines clashes of culture and , the sensuality of ideas while illuminating the mystery of mathematics. A Disappearing Number received the 2007 Olivier, Evening Standard, and Critic's Circle Theatre Awards for Best New Play. A Disappearing Number is partly inspired by G. H. Hardy's book A Mathematician's Apology.

Tickets for A Disappearing Number start at $15 and are currently on sale at CentralSquareTheater.org or by calling 866.811.4111.