Legacy of Light Trailer

Two brilliant women, centuries apart, push the boundaries of science while grappling with motherhood in this theatrically adventurous comedy.

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Physicist Émilie du Châtelet, a young poet and lover of famous French philosopher Voltaire, worries about her fate after she unexpectedly becomes pregnant. Driven by fear and ambition, she races to publish her theories based on Sir Isaac Newton's Laws of Motion. Linked together by scientific legacy and maternal instincts, accomplished astrophysicist Olivia and her husband Peter want to conceive but cannot. Olivia's attention turns to her new "child," a planet she's discovered in the midst of hiring a quirky and free-spirited surrogate. This touching and whimsical tale leaves us asking: Does the birth of a child ultimately mean as much to the world as the birth of an idea?

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• San Jose
• Rep
• San Jose Repertory Theatre
• Stage
• Bay Area
• Silicon Valley
• non-profit
• Theater
• Theatre
• Live Theatre
• live theater
• Legacy of Light
• Karen Zacarias
• play
• Rick Lombardo
• Rachel Harker
• Robert Yacko
• Miles Gaston Villanueva
• Kathryn Tkel
• Carrie Paff
• Mike Ryan