Emilie, La Marquise du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight at Silver Spring Stage

Highly theatrical, fast and funny, this is a sexy rediscovery of one of history's most intriguing women, Emilie du Châtelet. Witty, unconventional, rich, and a scientific genius who advances mathematics and physics in Baroque France, Emilie and her sometime lover Voltaire engage passionate romantic battles using unusual weapons. Their tactics include publishing dueling scientific papers, as well as taking other lovers. Tonight, Emilie is back and determined to answer the one question that remained when she died: love or philosophy, head or heart? One of America's most imaginative and successful contemporary playwrights, Lauren Gunderson, revives Emilie to share her truth for audiences to enjoy!