The Half-Life of Marie Curie by Lauren Gunderson at The Gaslight Theater – Saint Louis, MO

Get your tickets to see The Half-Life of Marie Curie by Lauren Gunderson in Saint Louis, MO. Happening on Thursday, April 16, 2026 at The Gaslight Theater. Doors open at 8:00 PM.

Directed by Nancy Bell
Starring Michelle Hand* and Meghan Baker
April 3-19, 2026
In 1911, Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her discovery of the elements radium and polonium. By 1912, she was the object of ruthless gossip over an alleged affair with the married Frenchman Paul Langevin, all but erasing her achievements from public memory. Weakened and demoralized by the press lambasting her as a “foreign” Jewish temptress and a homewrecking traitor, Marie agrees to join her friend and colleague Hertha Ayrton, an electromechanical engineer and suffragette, at her summer home in England. THE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE revels in the power of female friendship as it explores the relationship between these two brilliant women, both of whom are mothers, widows, and fearless champions of scientific inquiry.

Accessible Seating is available for all events at The Gaslight Theater.

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