2018–2019 Productions

Freud’s Last Session
Directed by Jeffrey Miller

September 26–30, 2018
The Margaret Jensen Theatre

Silent Sky
Directed by Norman Jones

November 9–10, 13–17, 2018
Margaret Jensen Theatre

Gordon College Theatre Arts presented their fall play, Silent Sky, the true story of Henrietta Leavitt, an early-1900s Harvard astronomer who had to fight to gain recognition for her groundbreaking discoveries. Written by acclaimed playwright Lauren Gundersen and first produced in 2011, this was the first university production of Silent Sky in New England.

Henrietta Leavitt was a vastly important but little-known scientist whose greatest contributions were dismissed until men claimed credit for them. At the time she was employed by the Harvard Observatory, women were not even allowed to use refractor telescopes and were instead relegated to painstakingly cataloging stars from photographic images on glass plates. Despite these limitations, Henrietta Leavitt thrived in her position and ultimately discovered thousands of new stars, paved the way for future discoveries by scientists such as Edwin Hubble, and earned a reputation as "the most brilliant woman at Harvard." Her tireless determination led to an entirely new and radical understanding of our universe.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Written by Rupert Holmes
Directed by Jeffrey Miller

January 25–26, 29–Feb 2, 2019 | 7:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m. Saturday matinees on January 26 and February 2

The Unknown Unknown
Directed by Jeff Miller

March 29–30, April 2–6, 2019 | 7:30 p.m.
4 p.m. Saturday matinees on March 30 and April 6

Spring Shorts: Plays From the Directing Class

April 15–17, 2019 | 7 p.m.
Margaret Jensen Theatre
Free admission (first come, first served)