Play Reading at the IAS

Play Reading Location Change

Play Reading is a popular activity that brings the IAS community together to read plays. The group meets at 7:00 pm on several evenings this year in the Fuld Hall Common Room. The readings are not performances, so you need not be ‘experienced.’ Everyone is given a part to read, but if you prefer to just listen to the play instead of reading a role, come and sit back with a glass of wine and some ‘nibbles’ and enjoy the evening. All are warmly welcome! 

The Lightest Element (2024) by Stella Feehily: Boston, 1956. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, one of the most eminent astronomers of the twentieth century who transformed our understanding of stars, is about to be appointed Chair of Astronomy and the first woman to head a department at Harvard University. Only two things stand in her way: a covert investigation aimed at exposing her as a Communist sympathizer, and the entrenched conservatism of her male colleagues. When a student journalist asks to profile her, it feels like an opportunity to control her own narrative – assuming, of course, that the invitation is actually what it seems…

Please contact Annette Munt (amunt@ias.edu) with questions related to this event. 

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Play Reading at the IAS - February 10, 2025

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Date & Time

February 10, 2025 | 7:00pm

Location

Fuld Hall Common Room

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