‘The Half-Life of Marie Curie’ to Run this August
Originally staged off-Broadway in 2019, The Half-Life of Marie Curie, written by Lauren Gunderson, is making its Philippine Debut this coming August.
The Half-Life of Marie Curie is a story about the titular Marie Curie. After ruthless rumors of a scandalous affair wreck her reputation and career, Marie agrees to join her friend and colleague Hertha Ayrton, an electromechanical engineer and suffragette, to recover from the scandal at Hertha’s seaside retreat on the British coast. The play revels in the power of female friendship and empowerment as it explores the relationship between these two brilliant women, both of whom are mothers, widows, and fearless champions of scientific inquiry.
The play is written by Lauren Gunderson, who is one of the most produced playwrights in America (American Theatre Magazine) since 2015. The two-person cast consists of Missy Maramara as Marie Curie and Caisa Borromeo as Hertha Ayrton. Borromeo was also in another play of Gunderson in 2018, where she played the role of Henrietta Leavitt’s sister Margaret in Repertory Philippines’ staging of Silent Sky.
This production will be directed by Kiara Pipino, an Associate Professor of Theater, a freelance theater director, a playwright, and an author. She holds a graduate degree in Architecture for Performance from the Universita’ degli Studi di Genova (Italy) under the mentorship of Dario Fo in Italian Commedia dell’Arte and a Masters in Fine Arts in Theatre Directing from the University of Arkansas. Further specialized training includes certification in the Michael Chekhov technique from the Great Lakes Michael Chekhov Consortium.
Pipino has been directing in the US and internationally for over twenty years. Everyone’s a Hero with Someone Else’s Tits, a play she wrote and directed, and Clytemnestra, a play she adapted and directed, were both produced Off-Broadway. Clytemnestra has also toured worldwide.
The Half-Life of Marie Curie is a MusicArtes, Inc. production presented by Areté Ateneo and co-presented by the Philippine Theater Actors Guild, Inc. and the Ateneo Fine Arts Department. It will be staged at the Doreen Black Box in Areté, Ateneo de Manila University, with its opening weekend starting this August 23.
The show has begun selling tickets for its opening weekend: August 23 (7PM) to August 24 (3PM and 7PM), at the Doreen Blackbox Theater in Areté, Ateneo.
Tickets are available for sale at https://bit.ly/MarieCurieMNL2024. Regular tickets are P700 and P560 for students, PWD, and seniors. More show dates will be announced soon. Further inquiries can be made through House and Sales Manager, Frankie Ramos, at mariecurie.prod@gmail.com.
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