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by , posted on 12:01 PM, July 15, 2021
Electricity pioneer Nikola Tesla's role model was a brilliant inventor who was also an uneducated, illiterate housewife: his mother Djuka. Djuka tinkered, experimented and invented, making a science of the domestic sphere. This musical exploration of Djuka and her most famous invention--her son Nikola--tells of the magnetic push and pull of family bonds, the branching currents of freedom and choices, and balancing surprising sources of energy.
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PERFORMING LIVE and IN PERSON!
Strike Theater, 824 18th Avenue NE, Minneapolis
Friday, July 23 @ 7pm
Saturday, July 24 @ 7pm
Tickets: sliding scale, $10-$30, available here.
10% of ticket proceeds will be donated to the Malala Fund--working for a world where every girl can learn and lead.
Capacity for this indoor event is reduced to 50%, and advance reservations are required. Both fully vaccinated performers will be unmasked for clarity, but we ask that masks be worn by audience members while inside the building.
Matheatre uses live theatre to tell stories that inspire excitement about math and science. They are the creators of STEM-based stage musicals Curie Me Away!, Calculus: The Musical! and Voyagers as well as History Science Theatre PODCAST. They have been presented by science centers and schools worldwide, including National Atomic Testing Museum, Bradbury Science Museum, National Taiwan Science Education Center, Science Centre Singapore and others. Nikola Tesla and the Mother of Invention is a world-premiere original musical production, about to embark on a four-city summer tour.
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