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Silent Sky: Fall Term Mainstage Play

Thursday, November 2, 2023, Friday, November 3, 2023, Saturday, November 4, 2023

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Harbach Theatre, CFA

Free to Knox students, staff and faculty

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Silent Sky 
by Lauren Gunderson 
with original music by Jenny Giering
Directed by Liz Carlin Metz 
Opens on the Harbach Stage on Thursday, November 2 and runs through Saturday, November 4.  Performances are at 7:30 p.m. with a 2:00 p.m. matinee on Saturday.  
Admission is free to the Knox Community.
 
"Wonderfully witty, touching, and inspiring all at once!"
www.mercurynews.com 06/29/23
Silent Sky tells the fascinating true story of the first women astronomers who worked at the Harvard Observatory as "computers," documenting and cataloging hundreds of thousands of stellar images taken at Harvard and sent to Harvard from observatories all over the world. These pioneers made astonishing astronomical discoveries that revolutionized our understanding of the universe while fighting for the recognition of women in science.  
 
Please also visit the stunning Round Room Gallery display of 24 astronomical images taken from the telescope in the Knox Observatory by Knox faculty astronomer Nathalie Haurberg and Knox students. The exhibit runs to the end of the term.  
 
The production of Silent Sky features the creative work of Knox students:
Mei Zuch as Henrietta Leavitt

Cole Songster as Peter Shaw
Hazel Carroll as Margaret Leavitt
Elizabeth Menges as Annie Cannon

Lexi Sendall as Williamina Fleming
Sound Coordination by Vansh Chugh
Lighting Design by Gwen Heidank
Costume Design by Amelia Walz
Properties Design by Susan Gibbs
Co-Stage Manager Carissa Medlock
Co-Stage Manager Naelin Peffley
Run Crew Jakob Broady, Benji Sheats, Jaylin Carwell
and a host of students in the Scene Shop & Costume Studio
under the direction of Professor Craig Choma and 
Staff Instructor Allison Smith Hahn