A Selection from GeniusFEST 2025 Click HERE for more information!
In this 30+ award-winning show, HEDY!The Life and Inventions of Hedy Lamar, Heather Massie enchants the audience as Hedy Lamarr, along with Jimmy Stewart, Bette Davis, Louis B Mayer, and more! A 36-character solo play where the audience summons Hedy to unearth the truth behind how a glamorous Hollywood film star could create an invention used in our cell phones, WiFi, GPS, & Bluetooth - launching today's wireless technology revolution!Hedy Lamarr, glamorous siren of the silver screen, was more than ‘The Most Beautiful Woman in the World’. She invented Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum Technology that makes the world of wireless communication tick. From Austria to Hollywood, WWII, torpedoes, ecstasy, and intrigue to the very cell phone in your pocket, Hedy Lamarr is there!
“Highly entertaining!” Splash Magazine • “Inspiring!” Broadway World
Heather Massie is a NYC actor and writer. Originally from Virginia, Ms. Massie has always been fascinated by the sciences, especially Astronomy. She studied Astrophysics at the University of Virginia, and Theatre Arts at The Virginia Tech School of the Arts graduating Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and Phi Kappa Phi. She has performed extensively in NYC and throughout the US. She currently tours the world, with her 30x Award-Winning, Internationally Acclaimed solo show HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, which she premiered Off Broadway in 2016 and has since toured through 19 countries on 4 continents. This is the first in her planned trilogy of solo shows celebrating women in science, the next in development is Flying with Sally Ride! America’s First Woman in Space. She was honored to serve as a Fulbright Specialist to South Africa in 2019, and to Australia in 2024, through the US State Department, World Learning, the Fulbright Specialist Program, the US Embassy South Africa, the US Embassy Australia, and the Royal Society of Victoria.www.HeatherMassie.com/HEDY
Playing GeniusFEST 2025
Thursday, April 24 at 5:00 pm Friday, April 25 at 2:00 pm Saturday, April 26 at 8:00 pm Sunday, April 27 at 5:00 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
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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