HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr

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Erin Williams

28 Mar 2019 321

Heather Massie, actor and writer, graduated from The Virginia Tech School of the Arts. Massie brings her love for science and her passion for theatre together in the solo-play she wrote and produced, HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr.

[00:00:13] >> I'm Heather Massie and I grew up in Blacksburg, Virginia. So this project is the first time that I have become a playwright and also a producer. It became that I wanted to find a woman in science to feature in a solo-play, Hedy Lamarr was suggested to me. [00:00:31] We recognize that your invention paved the way for modern communication. Hedy is interacting and telling her story directly to the audience. Because I wanted to make it more alive and more immediate for the audience and for Hedy, I also play all the other characters in her story. Probably a total of 35 in the full version of the play. [00:00:57] So the mission of the piece really is to inspire audiences to find ways to make the world a better place also to encourage young women in science and technology and to establish Hedy Lamarr as a role model for intelligence ingenuity and invention.

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