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Flat Earth's production of Copenhagen by Michael Frayn opens January 6th at the Factory Theatre in Boston. Click here to reserve tickets!
In the fall of 1941, German atomic scientist Werner Heisenberg paid a visit to his mentor, Niels Bohr, "the father of modern nuclear physics," in Nazi-occupied Denmark. The subject of their conversation, and its place in scientific, military, and world history, has been debated all the decades since -- did Heisenberg warn Bohr about the German nuclear program, or pry for information about the Allied atomic bomb? Did he earnestly try to prevent the terrible potential of nuclear weaponry, or was he himself too fragmented to know his own motives? Did Bohr panic needlessly, misunderstanding Heisenberg's intentions, or did he understand them all too well?
Copenhagen reunites Bohr, Heisenberg, and Bohr's wife Margrethe in a theatrical thought-experiment, revisiting that fraught encounter and tackling questions about quantum uncertainty, wartime morality, and the unreliability of memory. Flat Earth's production features Matthew Zahnzinger as Bohr, Kevin Kordis as Heisenberg, and Emily Hecht as Margrethe, and is directed by Jake Scaltreto.
Performances are at 8PM on January 6th, 7th, 12th, 13th, and 14th, with a 2PM matinee on January 8th. Tickets are $15 when reserved online, $20 at the door. $10 student tickets can be purchased at the door with valid student ID. The performance on Thursday, January 12th is Pay-What-You-Can. All performances will be held at the Factory Theatre, 791 Tremont Street, Boston; we regret that the venue is not wheelchair accessible.
Curious about the historic background and the scientific concepts referenced in Copenhagen? Follow along at the Copenhagen Dramaturgy Blog!
Bohr: This is physics.
Margrethe: It's also politics.
Heisenberg: The two are sometimes painfully difficult to tell apart.
This Season
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Copenhagen
By Michael Frayn
January 6th - 14th, 2012 -
Pirate Lives! The Musical!
By David Marino & Stephen Gilbane
April 20th - 28th, 2012 -
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