*The Half-Life of Marie Curie* by Lauren Gunderson Directed by Anne McEvoy Playing at Clague Playhouse Friday, March 21st through Sunday, April 13th, 2024. Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8PM and Sundays at 2PM. *Stay for a Talk-Back Discussion with the Cast & Crew after the show on Saturday, March 22nd and Sunday, March 30th.* 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 with the married Frenchman Paul Langevin, all but erasing her achievements from public memory. Weakened and demoralized by the press lambasting her as a “foreign” Jewish temptress and a homewrecking traitor, Marie agrees to join her friend and colleague Hertha Ayrton, an electromechanical engineer and suffragette, at her summer home in England. The Half-Life of Marie Curie 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. "A frisky, feminist crowd-pleaser, THE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE radiates empowerment—which is fitting, since it centers on the woman who coined the term radioactivity. …enlightening and entertaining.” —Time Out New York. Our cast features Jess Antrobus as Marie Curie and Carrie Williams as Hertha Ayrton. You can also read some of the director's insights on the Clague Playhouse website: https://clagueplayhouse.org/index.php/currentseason/mariecurie/ <https://clagueplayhouse.org/index.php/currentseason/opus/> Visit bit.ly/ClaguePlayhouseTickets to buy tickets or call the box office at 440-331-0403 (open Wednesday-Saturday 1-6PM). Clague Playhouse is located at 1371 Clague Road in Westlake. - - - - - - - - - Clague Playhouse, Inc. 1371 Clague Road Westlake, OH 44145 info@ClaguePlayhouse.org <info@clagueplayhouse.org> 440-331-0403 www.ClaguePlayhouse.org <http://www.clagueplayhouse.org/> *Follow us on **Facebook* <https://www.facebook.com/ClaguePlayhouse/>*!*