2016-2017 Season – Pygmalion Productions

Radio West: “The Women Who Measured the Cosmos”

Marva Match — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 16:56:50 +0000

Tuesday, we’re talking about the 19th-century women who measured the cosmos. Science journalist Dava Sobel is among our guests. Her latest book is about the women employed by Harvard Observatory to serve as “human computers.” They did calculations based on the observations of their male counterparts, but became astronomical pioneers in their own right. Pygmalion

Salt Lake theater company unveils ‘Silent Sky,’ another ‘Hidden Figures’ story

Marva Match — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 20:24:26 +0000

Lauren Gunderson’s play “Silent Sky,” opening this week in a regional premiere at Pygmalion Productions, seems grounded in the cultural zeitgeist as it tells a sweeping, starlit story about another hidden figure in science. “Sky” is based on the groundbreaking discoveries of Henrietta Leavitt and her female colleagues, who in the early 20th century were