Make your dreams heard.

Silent Sky takes place In the ear­ly twen­ti­eth cen­tu­ry, when Hen­ri­et­ta Leav­itt and a group of women “com­put­ers” pur­sued astro­nom­i­cal research at the Har­vard Obser­va­to­ry under the super­vi­sion of a male sci­en­tist. Their work proved to be cru­cial to the devel­op­ment of the field. Hen­ri­et­ta her­self had to bal­ance her ded­i­ca­tion to her work with the demands of her fam­i­ly, health chal­lenges, and the pos­si­bil­i­ty of per­son­al rela­tion­ships. The achieve­ments and dif­fi­cul­ties of a woman sci­en­tist in a chal­leng­ing his­tor­i­cal peri­od com­bine in this thought-pro­vok­ing and engag­ing play. Come lis­ten to the music of the spheres!

Performing at:

Whit­ney and Eliz­a­beth MacMil­lan Planetarium
Bell Museum
2088 Lar­pen­teur Ave W
St Paul, MN 55113

Directions

The Bell Muse­um is locat­ed at the cor­ner of Lar­pen­teur and Cleve­land Avenues on Uni­ver­si­ty of Minnesota’s St Paul Cam­pus, direct­ly across the street from Gibbs Farm. The main entrance is ful­ly acces­si­ble from the park­ing lot. A drop off and pick up area is avail­able near the build­ing entrance, before enter­ing through the pay stations.

Order tickets here

Bell Muse­um Box Office

Tick­ets:
$30 Adults ($25 Bell members)
$15 Stu­dents, ages 10–21 ($12 stu­dent members)

The Bell opens :30 min before showtime.

Press

“inspired… a tru­ly immer­sive the­ater expe­ri­ence… magical.”

– Cher­ry and Spoon

 

“I know it’s only Feb­ru­ary, but I think it’s going to be hard for the­ater the rest of the year to top the expe­ri­ence I just had at The­atre Pro Rata’s pro­duc­tion of Lau­ren Gunderson’s Silent Sky.  …glo­ri­ous, enchant­i­ng and tran­scen­dent …  This is the kind of thing live the­ater is made for.  It’s why it sur­vives.  A script this good, in the hands of a direc­tor, cast and cre­ative team this inven­tive, isn’t some­thing you see every day.”

– Sin­gle White Fringe Geek

 

“The idea that all of us are made of stars is not a new one, of course, but The­atre Pro Rata gives that idea extra oomph by stag­ing “Silent Sky” (the title comes from Walt Whit­man) in the plan­e­tar­i­um at the Bell Muse­um. Direc­tor Carin Bratlie Weth­ern and her nim­ble cast adjust smart­ly to the tim­ing and spa­tial require­ments of a venue that has no back­stage or exits, work that pays off handsomely.”

– Star Tri­bune

 

“this pro­duc­tion under the star­ry plan­e­tar­i­um dome lifts it up … to an engross­ing blend of his­to­ry, human striv­ing, and stage magic.”

– Talkin’ Broad­way

 

“Silent Sky‘s cast seems to have a blast … and it was a plea­sure watch­ing them have so much fun. … This pro­duc­tion is all about the plan­e­tar­i­um set­ting, which is per­fect for this show.”

– Com­pendi­um