A free theatrical reading inspired by the life of polio-vaccine pioneer Dr. Jonas Salk came to the Jefferson Market Public Library in the West Village on Sunday, February 15, with an afternoon matinee open to the public.
The piece, “Could You Patent the Sun?,” is a solo work written by Robert Galinsky and directed by Cory Michael Herman, according to an announcement from Galinsky Coaching. The organization described it as an intimate, one-hour reading presented at the library at 425 Sixth Ave. at 2 p.m., exploring science, compassion and what it called the enduring question of who owns life-saving knowledge.
Galinsky Coaching said the reading blends humor, grit and heart to portray Salk not as a biography but as what it described as a living moral mirror for the present. Admission was free and open to the public, the announcement said, a choice the organization framed as honoring Salk’s belief that knowledge, like the polio vaccine, should belong to everyone. Reservations were strongly encouraged.
The reading was one of two free events Galinsky Coaching promoted in February. The organization said it also planned a live online voice-over seminar led by Philip Galinsky on Wednesday, February 18, at 8 p.m. Eastern, billed as covering auditions, character work and building a voice-over presence in the age of artificial intelligence. Galinsky Coaching lists an address at 81 Baxter St. in Manhattan.
