Events

02/04/2023 - 02/25/2023
Torrance Theatre Company

Torrance Theatre Co.: The Half-Life of Marie Curie

Address: Torrance Theatre Company - 1316 Cabrillo Ave. Torrance, CA 90501
Phone: (424) 243-6882
Website: https://torrancetheatre.easy-ware-ticketing.com/events

The Half-Life of Marie Curie written by Lauren Gunderson
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.

Performances:
February 4 – 25, 2023
Thursdays – 7:00 PM (followed by Q&A)
Fridays – 8:00 PM
Saturdays – 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM (select dates)
Sundays – 2:00 PM

Tickets: General admission – $30
Single ticket online purchase: Click here!

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