The Half-Life of Marie Curie by Lauren Gunderson

Note that there is NO PERFORMANCE on Thursday 11/27

In 1911, Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her discovery of the elements radium and polonium. By 1912, she was the object of ruthless gossip over an alleged affair, all but erasing her achievements from public memory. Weakened and demoralized by the press, Marie joins her friend and colleague Hertha Ayrton, an electromechanical engineer and suffragette, to recover from the scandal at Hertha’s seaside retreat on the British coast. The Half-life of Marie Curie, which will be directed by NMAL founder Robert Benedetti, revels in the power of female friendship as it explores the relationship between these two brilliant women, both of whom are mothers, widows, and fearless champions of scientific inquiry.

Directed by Robert Benedetti

Stage Managed by Suzanne Cross

Cast:
Suzanne Lederer as Marie Curie
Angela Bond as Hertha Ayrton