Silent Sky

Written by Lauren Gunderson

Directed by Guest Artist Dr. Jennifer Goff

Production Sponsored by The McLoughlin-McKee Family

November 21, 22, 23 at 7 p.m. and November 23 & 24 at 2 p.m., 2024
Legacy Theatre
Suggested for ages 12+

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Witty & smart, magical & scientific, expansive & intimate, Silent Sky is the beautifully told story based on the life of female astronomer Henrietta Leavitt and her incredible contributions to science at Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s.

Ready for adventure amongst the stars but relegated to a desk instead, Henrietta becomes one of several female “computers” doing math and charting stars for male astronomers too busy for such tedious chores. She quickly learns that, as a woman, she is forbidden to touch a telescope or offer an original idea and must sacrifice personal time to pursue research of her own. Her passion to measure the stars & solve mysteries of the night-time sky are pitted against her dedication to family and threaten to eclipse a future with the man she loves.