One in Twenty-Five
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Theatre for a New City and Crystal Field (Artistic Director) Presents
“One in Twenty-Five”
A National Disaster Explained in One ActWritten & Produced by
Written by Thomas M Copeland
Directed by Nick Browne
In the final hours of the Rogers Commission’s investigation into the Challenger disaster, Nobel Laureate Richard P. Feynman performs a simple, televised demonstration with a rubber O-ring and a glass of ice water – exposing the uncomfortable truth behind NASA’s institutional failings.
“One in Twenty-Five” dramatizes this moment in real time, from inside a whitewashed hearing room in Washington D.C. As Feynman pushes for honesty, NASA’s acting administrator (played by Copeland) clings to the party line, while a conflicted chairman tries to keep it all on script.
The result is a compact, high-stakes chamber piece – a story about truth, pride, science, and the systems built to protect power.
THE CAST
Chris Jaymes
“Dr. Richard P. Feynman”
Nobel Prize-Winning Theoretical Physicist
(Lead)
Thomas M Copeland
“Dr. William R. Graham”
NASA Acting Administrator
(Supporting)
Paul Albe
“Mr. William P. Rogers”
Chairman of the Rogers Commission
(Supporting)
CREATIVE & TECH
Nick Browne
Director
