Silent Sky, the true story of American astronomer Henrietta Leavitt (1868-1921), plays out against a landscape of fierce sisterly love, early feminism, universe-revealing science and a time when human beings were called “computers.” Henrietta Leavitt (played by Elizabeth Diane Wells) makes astonishing personal and professional discoveries, challenging the male astronomers of her time and discovering stars in galaxies beyond our own. The award-winning playwright, Decatur-born, San Francisco-based Lauren Gunderson (Exit, Pursued by a Bear; EMILIE: La Marquise du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight; Bauer), makes her Outfit debut with this smart, gently humorous, eye-opening and luminous script.
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