Armed with real theater popcorn and other goodies, the audience at a screening party on August 1st settled back to enjoy Magnetic Fields, a four-part web series the Illinois Materials Research Science & Engineering Center (I-MRSEC) developed as part of its mandate to communicate about Materials Science—in this case, about magnetism. Using a fun plot, plus actors the targeted audience of middle to high school students could identify with, the series sought to capture their interest, possibly directing them along the STEM pipeline into materials engineering. The cast of young actors seated in the front row, excited to see themselves on the “big screen,” reflected the diversity I-MRSEC hopes to foster in the field. Also in the audience, proudly viewing their creation, were the director, John Isberg as well as I-MRSEC’s PI, Nadya Mason, and Outreach Coordinator, Pamela Pena Martin.