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Silent Sky

First Preview: Sep 17, 2018
Opening Date: Sep 19, 2018
Closing Date: Oct 13, 2018
Running Time: 01:35
Silent Sky

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Playing @
East Lynne Theater Company
First Presbyterian Church, Cape May, NJ 08204
Celebrating the 150th Aniiversary of Henrietta Leavitt's Birthday!

This entertaining and enlightening play tells the story of Henrietta Leavitt (1868-1921), the astronomer who provided the key to determining the size of the cosmos.  In 1912, working at the Harvard College Observatory, she discovered that one could relate a star’s brightness cycle to its absolute magnitude. This was a valuable stepping stone for other scientists to later be able to measure the distance of stars, star clusters, and galaxies. 

Leavitt, and other women with whom she worked, called “computers,” mapped the sky working from photographic plates since only men were permitted to look through the telescope at Harvard.  She lived during an era of immense scientific discoveries, when women’s ideas were dismissed until men claimed credit for them
RegionalPlay - DramaRegional
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 13
Audience Advisory: No show on Wed. Oct 3 add show on Sun., Oct. 7 at 7:30. A 2:00 show on Wed. Oct. 10 with no evening show

Performance Schedule

WEDNESDAY thru SATURDAY @ 8 PM


Written By
  • Lauren Gunderson

Director
  • Tom Byrn

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$20 - Student & Military

Accessibility

  • Assisted Listening System

    An infrared audio amplification system is installed and receivers are available at the box office.
  • Elevator/Escalator

    None available
  • Entrance

    The cement sidewalk to the main entrance meets the minimum requirements for accessibility, but the entrance has a non-accessible threshold. The doorway itself meets the minimum width requirements for accessibility and leads into a small landing. From this landing are two small stairways with railings: one leading down to the restrooms and another leading to the vestibule, which serves as the theater’s lobby, box office area, and concession.
  • Parking

    There are two spaces, marked with the International Symbol of Accessibility, both van accessible, and paved.
  • Passenger Loading Zone

    There is an accessible drop off/passenger loading area in front of the entrance.
  • Restroom

    There is an accessible restroom on the same level as the sanctuary (ELTC's performance space).
  • Seating

    There is accessible seating for service animals.
  • Telephone

    None on premises
  • Visual Assistance

    Playbills are available in large print format on performance evenings, and when requested via e-mail by sending an e-mail to eastlynneco@aol.com.
  • Water Fountain

    The water fountains are on the lower level. Front of house staff give cups of water to those who have walking difficulties. Bottled water is also available in the lobby area.
  • Wheelchair Info

    There is a wheelchair lift near the parking lot, fully-operable by one in the chair, able to take the person up to the second floor where the performance space is located, or to remain on the first floor.

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