HEDY! The Life and Inventions of Hedy Lamarr

Description

HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr is a one-woman show performed by Heather Massie exploring the life, inventions and person of Hedy Lamarr, Viennese-born Hollywood star of the 1930s-1950s. Known as "The Most Beautiful Woman in the World," Lamarr stored away knowledge of munitions while married to Austrian arms dealer Fritz Mandl. She employed this knowledge to support the U.S. Navy during World War II by inventing "The Secret Communication System" with composer George Antheil to make torpedoes more accurate. Also referred to as frequency hopping or spread spectrum technology, her invention is used today in cell phones, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, and a myriad of other wireless systems.

The performance is co-hosted by SWE@APL and the Applied Physics Laboratory Drama Club with the support of Applied Physics Laboratory's sectors. The show is approximately 90 minutes followed by a 30-minute Q&A and recommend for ages 12 and up. Hands-on STEM activities for kids begin at 6 p.m., doors open at 6:30 p.m., and refreshments will be provided after the performance.

For more information about the performance, email drama@jhuapl.edu. For more information about the pre-show STEM activities and other upcoming Women's History Month activities, email swe@jhuapl.edu.

Directions to the Applied Physics Laboratory and the Kossiakoff Center Laboratory are online.