Hood College Theatre & Ardeo Theatre Co. present: "The Half-Life of Marie Curie"

Name: Hood College Theatre & Ardeo Theatre Co. present: "The Half-Life of Marie Curie"
Start: 2025-10-17T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-17T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Rosenstock Hall

Schedule

Fri Oct 17 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Rosenstock Hall | Frederick, MD

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. Weakened and demoralized, Marie agrees to join her friend Hertha Ayrton, an electromechanical engineer and suffragette, at Hertha's seaside retreat on the British coast. This two-woman play revels in the power of female friendship between these two brilliant women, both of whom are mothers, widows and fearless champions of scientific inquiry.
This presentation of "The Half-Life of Marie Curie" is one of many free community events Hood College is hosting throughout the month of October, celebrating the inauguration of Hood's 12th President, Debbie Ricker, Ph.D., on October 18.