A Selection from GeniusFEST 2025
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Jack Fry’s award-winning EINSTEN! returns to Santa Monica Playhouse after traveling across the country and Canada, winning acclaim from New York City to Edmonton. Albert comes back from the beyond to set the record straight and tell us the real history behind his scientific breakthrough. Set in 1914 Berlin, the solo play follows young Albert Einstein as he struggles to prove his general theory of relativity, while his personal life — new fatherhood, a wife who won't agree to a divorce, failing health — and society crumble around him due to the Great War. Told with humor and heart, EINSTEIN! draws on the recent release of 15,000 documents and Fry's three years of research to show a side of the genius that's rarely seen.
"Funny, touching, intimate…Fry's portrait captures the iconic mathematician as you might not have imagined him before...a triumph." Huffington Post
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Jack Fry is a multi award winning solo artist and a former teacher in LAUSD. EINSTEIN! has won various accolades including A Best Performance from the New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Philadelphia stages by DC Metro Theater Arts in Washington, DC. It also garnered a Sold Out Run/HIGHEST GROSSING SHOW at the STEM Festival in NYC, and selected as Top 10 Shows to See in the NY Fringe Festival. EINSTEIN! was also chosen as an Encore Winner and Pick of the Fringe in Hollywood Fringe Festival. His first solo show was the critically acclaimed and international hit They Call Me Mister Fry – an autobiographical play about his first year teaching 5th grade in South Los Angeles with over 350 performances including a Command Performance for the Department of Education in Washington, DC., and numerous festival honors. A few of Jack’s recent film credits include The Final Contestant and A Town Called Victoria (PBS). His television work includes the comedy series pilot Whoa! as well as acting, puppetry, and voice work for over 30 "edutainment" films for children on the Nickelodeon Channel (Nickelodeon).
Playing GeniusFEST 2025
Friday, April 25 at 5:00 pm
Saturday, April 26 at 2:00 pm
Sunday, April 27 at 8:00 pm
General Admission: $39.50
Discounts available for Students, Teachers, Seniors & Members of the Military
Further Discounts if you buy tickets to two or more shows in the GeniusFEST
Friday, April 25 at 5:00 pm
Saturday, April 26 at 2:00 pm
Sunday, April 27 at 8:00 pm
General Admission: $39.50
Discounts available for Students, Teachers, Seniors & Members of the Military
Further Discounts if you buy tickets to two or more shows in the GeniusFEST
Call the Box Office at (310) 394.9779 ext 1
GeniusFEST is partnering with the Luz Maria Foundation to raise money for the victims of the Los Angeles Fires. There will be an opportunity to make a donation when purchasing a ticket and there will be a collection box in the Playhouse courtyard to donate clothing, books and non-perishable food items. https://www.luzmariafoundation.org
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