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March 28, 2017Staged Production of Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie
The Theatre Institute at Sage (TIS) announces a staged production of the play Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie by Alan Alda.
Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Noble Prize, the first person and only woman to win twice, the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences, and was part of the Curie family legacy of five Noble Prizes. She was also the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris, and in 1995 became the first woman to be entombed on her own merits in the Pantheon in Paris.
Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie is a moving chronicle of the years between 1898 and 1911, between Marie’s first and second Noble Prizes, and a stirring look at the challenges faced by and passions of a scientific pioneer. With backbreaking work in a ramshackle lab in Paris, Marie Curie and her husband Pierre achieve a revolutionary understanding of radiation and share a Nobel Prize in physics. After her beloved Pierre dies in an accident, Marie is plunged into depression, but physicist Paul Langevin gives her the strength to return to her work.
Recommended for ages 14 and up.
About David Bunce: Director
Teacher/Artist-in-Residence with the Theatre Institute at Sage (TIS) and Russell Sage College, Former Teacher/Actor with the New York State Theatre Institute (NYSTI) for 27 years, and Interim Producing Artistic Director for the final year. Directing credits include Lord of the Flies, A Christmas Carol and Number The Stars for TIS, And Then There Were None for NYSTI and Last of the Mohicans: Outdoor Drama in Lake George. Director, short films Breakfast of Champions and All For The Birds: Pete Dubacher and the Berkshire Bird Paradise. Author, playwright, screenwriter. Proud member of Actors Equity Association, SAG/AFTRA and the Society of American Fight Directors.
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