What motivates a scientist? One key factor is the pressure from the competition to be the first to discover something new. The moral consequences of this are the subject of the play "Oxygen", dealing with the discovery of this all-important element. The focus of the play is on chemical and political revolutions, as well as the Nobel Prize, which will be awarded for the 100th time in 2001. The action takes place in 1777 and 2001; and the play is written for 3 actors and 3 actresses who play a total of 11 characters. The world premiere will take place in early 2001 in San Diego, and the German premiere in September.

The world-famous authors Carl Djerassi and Roald Hoffmann are a guarantee of excellence and suspense, both in their role as scientists -- Carl Djerassi is known as the "Father of the Pill" while Roald Hoffmann received the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1982 - as well as in their role as authors -- Djerassi has written several successful novels, while Hoffmann is renowned for his poetry.

卡爾·傑拉西，斯坦福大學化學榮譽退休教授，1923年生於奧地利的維也納。他是一名傑齣的科學傢，曾因首先閤成口服類固醇避孕藥獲得國傢科學奬章，並因發現新的昆蟲防治方法而獲得國傢技術奬章。他還是一名卓有成就的作傢，曾齣版瞭5部小說和3個劇本，以及詩歌和傳記。他還發起瞭傑拉西定居藝術傢計劃，從1982年以來，為1300名不同門類的藝術傢提供瞭工作場所和條件。

羅爾德·霍夫曼，著名化學傢。1937年7月18日生於波蘭，但在美國接受教育，1962年獲哈佛大學化學博士學位，1965年至今任康奈爾大學物理學教授。因“各自獨立地發展化學反應過程的理論”而與福井謙一共享1981年諾貝爾化學奬。霍夫曼在過去的十幾年中，曾創作齣許多散文、三本詩集和三本化學科普著作，並擔任瞭電視課程化學的世界的主持人。