A pregnancy and birth out of wedlock led to Mileva failing her final work toward her physics degree and never going back to finish. This proved her undoing, in more ways than one. He was the first in her small class to be welcoming, and soon enough he managed to sneak under her guard and into her affections. Mileva met Albert at university in Zurich. She was a female of Eastern European descent who walked with a pronounced limp and was subject to open and veiled scorn alike. Mileva had to fight for her chance, with everything working against her. This extraordinary woman had the misfortune to be born into a world reluctant to allow women a university education, especially in the “hard” sciences of mathematics, physics, and chemistry. The Other Einstein, by Marie Benedict, is a look at lost dreams, failing hopes, and “what ifs.” What if Mileva, the little known first wife of Albert Einstein, had never forsaken her path and graduated with a physics degree as she had planned? What if she had collaborated equally with her husband?
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Genres: Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Young Adult The camera will zoom in and out on different characters throughout the performance.When Indigo thinks about singing at the festival, she gets nervous and starts to panic and shout! They communicate their feelings through the way they talk and sing, and by what they do. The characters sometimes have strong feelings.And when Indigo meets her new friends at the farm, a “hurri-train” hits! The hurri-train makes many loud sounds like a storm and frightens Indigo and her friends. Before Indigo falls asleep, there is a thunderstorm, and the thunder rumbles all around the theater. But once she falls asleep, Indigo finds herself in a dream world with the characters of her favorite book, Acoustic Rooster and his Barnyard Band. The performance can sometimes be loud.Acoustic Rooster shouts “cock-a-doodle-doo!” often! To become different characters, the actors change their costumes, voices, and movements. All of the animals in the story are played by people. Indigo and her friends have worked hard to clean up their community and are planning a festival! The night before the festival, Indigo falls asleep and has a fantastic dream. The main character in this story is Indigo Blume.This program is a 70-minute musical that features many different kinds of music. As the imagined story of twelfth-century poet Marie de France, Matrix-from the Latin ‘mater’ for mother-is simultaneously ambitious and unremarkable. Impressive-and then 2021’s Matrixbustles onto the scene and eclipses these worthy predecessors. On the other side, the debut praised by Stephen King-2008’s The Monsters of Templeton, shiny-faced and insistent-perched alongside its follow-up Arcadia (2012), pockets bulging with “Year’s Best” listings and rave reviews. To one side, dressed for success, would be the story collections- Delicate Edible Birds (2009) and Florida (2018)-one with remarkable origin stories (like publications in Ploughshares and The Atlantic) and the other sporting a National Book Award Finalist seal. Since President Obama chose it as his favourite 2015 book, Groff’s third novel has claimed centre stage. If Lauren Groff’s previous publications came to life for a photo shoot, Fates & Furies would elbow its way to the foreground. |