Did you know that gravity bends light? Sleight of hand, optical illusion, music, mystery...will show you how.
In anticipation of the solar eclipse, When Light Bends pushes us to question our place in the universe and how that place may be in flux.
A play with music that riffs on the science of relativity with interludes of magic and illusion, When Light Bends tells the story of Albert Einstein's struggle to complete his General Theory of Relativity and Arthur Eddington's fight to confirm that theory by observing the positions of the stars during the 1919 solar eclipse. This collaboration between two scientists on opposite sides of World War I is paired with a celestial fable of two lovers searching for a closer connection to each other, as they rush to reach the path of totality during 2024's eclipse before it's too late. In both tales, our protagonists are forced to update their beliefs, and uncover hidden truths, in the face of the complex, the simple, and the sublime.
Created and commissioned by Media Art Xploration (MAX), the work will be developed in collaboration with Highland Center for the Arts and is supported by the Simons Foundation as part of its 'In the Path of Totality' initiative with additional support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Vermont Arts Council.
Join us Friday March 22 at 7 pm, Saturday March 23 at 7 pm, or Sunday March 24 at 2 pm. Tickets are $20 General Admission, $10 Students, $5 EBT. Please reserve your seat online at highlandartsvt.org
Meals will not be provided before the show but the bar will be open and will serve Snacks, Maple-Apple Crisp, beer, wine, cocktails, and non-alcoholic drinks.