FREE STUDENT TICKET THURSDAYS: limited FREE Student Tickets (high school and college) are available by calling the Clague Playhouse Box Office at 440-331-0403 to reserve for any 8 p.m. Thursday night performance. No
online reservations can be taken for these free tickets. Free Student Ticket Thursdays are subject to availability and must be picked up by 7:30 pm the night of the performance or will be released.
Currently playing:
Silent Sky
by
Lauren Gunderson
directed by Curt
Arnold
Our Cast:
Brittany Gaul as Henrietta Leavitt Jill Kenderes as Margaret Leavitt Andrew Keller as Peter Shaw Pam Matthews as Annie Cannon Molly Clay as Williamina Fleming
Silent Sky presents the real-life
story of Henrietta Leavitt and her co-workers at the Harvard Observatory
in the early 20th Century. She and the ladies of her department were
“computers” for the male astronomers, doing important research,
measurements, and calculations for the men, but getting no credit for
their work nor access to Harvard’s telescope, “The Great Refractor.”
However, Henrietta and her contemporaries Annie Cannon and Williamina
Fleming went on to gain access to the telescope and to make important
discoveries of their own. Showing some of the roots of feminism in
the United States, the play is ideal for Women’s History Month. These
ladies’ stories are similar to others throughout American history,
including the “code girls” who deciphered enemy messages during World
War II and the female NASA employees, also called “computers,” in the
early space program (depicted in the award-winning film “Hidden
Figures”). Annie Cannon also became a dedicated suffragette, marching
for women’s voting rights. The theme of seeking our place in the
universe should appeal to anyone who has stood in the backyard at
midnight, looking up at the stars and wondering what’s “out there”!
Performances on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 2pm
through March 31.
Tickets are $16 for adults, $15 for seniors (60+), and $10 for students
(any age with a valid ID) and may be purchased by calling the Box Office or visiting our website: www.clagueplayhouse.org.