Wednesday, April 13, 2022
6:00 – 7:00 PM
One-Woman Performance
Visiting Artist Heather Massie
All are invited to attend a one-woman performance at the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. This show is open to all. In lieu of admission, free will donations will be accepted to help support our artist residency program.
This theatrical celebration of women in science is presented by Fulbright Specialist and New York City artist Heather Massie, the Cultural Center’s current artist-in-residence. Heather will be in New York Mills through our Artist Residency program for three weeks, and we are thrilled that she will share her 22x Award-Winning, Internationally Acclaimed show with our community!
About the Show:
“HEDY The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr” celebrates the unexpected scientific genius of Hedy Lamarr, Viennese-born Hollywood film star of the 1930s-1950s. This performance is written and performed by Heather Massie, our current visiting artist, an NYC Writer and Actor.
Known as The Most Beautiful Woman in the World, Lamarr spent her spare time in Hollywood inventing new technology. She had stored away knowledge of munitions while married to Austrian arms dealer, Fritz Mandl. She employed this knowledge to support the US Navy’s war effort during WWII by inventing The Secret Communication System with composer George Antheil, to make torpedoes more accurate. Also known as Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum Technology, her invention is used today in cell phones, WiFi, CDMA, GPS, and Bluetooth.
This story is told by a single actress, Heather Massie, portraying 36 different characters. With rave reviews from performances world-wide, the Cultural Center is thrilled to be hosting Heather Massie right here in New York Mills.
“In Lily Tomlin-esque fashion … Massie channels the iconic star … vividly yet matter-of-factly, and often very humorously … In a balance of high energy and poise, Heather Massie is no less than captivating.” — The Huffington Post
About the Performer:
Heather Massie is a New York City actor, writer, producer, and Fulbright Specialist. She studied Astrophysics at the University of Virginia, with dreams of becoming an astronaut, and then studied Theatre Arts at the Virginia Tech School of the Arts, graduating Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and Phi Kappa Phi. As a professional actress she has performed extensively in NYC and throughout the US. Marrying her loves of art and science, she has toured the world with her show HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr garnering 19 awards and international acclaim. She brings the show to theatres, arts festivals, science festivals, science centers, technology conferences, museums, universities, schools, Jewish centers, STEM & STEAM Events, and cultural and scientific organizations throughout the United States and around the world. In 2019 she served as a Fulbright Specialist with a tour of the show through South Africa sponsored by the US State Department, World Learning, and the US Embassy South Africa. Learn more online at HeatherMassie.com/Hedy.
This show is open to all and free will donations will be accepted. Please contact the Cultural Center with any questions at 218-385-3339.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through an Arts Tour grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
