THE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE

WRITTEN BY LAUREN GUNDERSON
DIRECTED BY CARY JORDAHL

Featuring: Melissa Brandzel, Shirley Hatton, Amanda Webb, and Jennifer Faneuff

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. 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.

RADIUM CAST: MELISSA BRANDZEL and SHIRLEY HATTON

POLONIUM CAST: AMANDA WEBB and JENNIFER FANEUFF

PERFORMANCES:

February 4-25, 2023
Thursdays at 7 p.m. (followed by Q & A)
Fridays at 8 p.m.
Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. (select dates)
Sundays at 2 p.m.

LOCATION:

1316 Cabrillo Ave. Torrance, CA 90501

TICKETS:

General Admission: $30

Single ticket online purchase: Click, here!
Phone: (424) 243-6882 (Please leave a message, and your call will be returned as soon as possible.)

The Torrance Theatre Company is a program of the Cultural Services Division of the Torrance Community Services Department.www.TorranceCA.Gov. Sponsored in part by Friends of Torrance Theatre Company, a recognized 501c3.
 

The Half-Life of Marie Curie is presented through special arrangement with Dramatist Play Services, Inc.