ANDREW: THE THEATER CONTINUES TO
TELL THE STORY OF PAST.
ADA AND THE ENGINE.
JOINING US THIS MORNING, TELL US
ABOUT THE SHOW.
THIS IS A SMALL CAST, JUST
OPENED UP LAST NIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THE QUICK
TURNAROUND.
YOU PLAY ADA.
TELL US ABOUT THE SHOW.
>> THE SHOW FOLLOWS THE LIFE OF
ADA VIRA LOVELACE, GIVEN CREDIT
FOR BEING THE FIRST COMPUTER
PROGRAM.
THEY LIVED IN PRAETORIAN ENGLAND
AND THEY -- SHE CONNECTED WITH
BABBAGE AND THEY CREATED A
MACHINE CALLED THAT WAS NEVER
BUILT.
SHE IS CREDITED WITH CREATING
COMPUTER PROGRAMS.
ANDREW: THIS IS A FASCINATING
STORY.
YOU PLAY ADA’S MOTHER.
>> PLAY HER MISUNDERSTOOD
MOTHER.
SHE ACTUALLY IS THE DAUGHTER,
ADA IS THE DAUGHTER OF LORD
BYRON, THE POET, VERY FAMOUS BUT
VERY SCANDALOUS.
HAS AN AFFAIR WITH HIS
HALF-SISTER.
AND WAS, LKEFT ENGLAND -- LEFT
ENGLAND UNDER A CLOUD.
SO, HER MOTHER TRIES TO FOCUS
ALL OF HER DAUGHTER’S TALONS
INTO-- TALENTS INTO MATH, TO
KEEP HER FOR RUNNING OFF WITH
HER TUTORS.
THE REPRESSIVE MISS OF HER
MOTHER TO KEEP HER PURE.
SHE BREAKS OUT AND SCIENCE IS
HER ESCAPE.
ANDREW: THIS IS ALSO A LOVE
STORY.
>> IT IS.
IT’S REALLY A BEAUTIFUL SCRIPT,
BUT ADAOVELACE’S RELATIONSHIP
WITH CHARLES BABBAGE MAY OR MAY
NOT HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY
SCANDALOUS.
HE WAS MUCH OLDER THAN HER.
SHE WAS HIS PROTEGE.
THEY WERE MENTALLY EQUALLY
MATCHED WHICH IS VERY APPEALING.
IN OUR SCRIPT, THERE IS TENSION
BETWEEN THEM OF WHAT COULD HAVE
BEEN.
>> CERTAINLY A MEETING OF THE
MINDS.
THEY ARE DEFINITELY SOULMATES.
THE PLAYWRIGHT INCLUDES A LOT OF
THEIR ACTUAL LETTERS.
SO, IT’S QUITE INTRIGUING.
ANDREW: THAT IS FASCINATED.
IT IS A GREAT SHOW TO BE DOING
RIGHT NOW AT A TIME WHEN THERE
IS SO MUCH FOCUS ON STEM
EDUCATION, FOCUS ON HAVING WOMEN
INVOLVED IN THE SCIENCES.
YOU HAVE GOT A GREAT ICONIC
PERSON FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK UP TO
AND TELL THAT STORY.
>> IT IS REALLY SPECIAL.
LATER THIS AFTERNOON, THE
THEATER HAS A BOOTH AT THE MARCH
FOR SCIENCE AT SAWYER POINT.
I’LL BE THERE THIS AFTERNOON.
THEY HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL
OUTREACH PROGRAM CALLED THE
ADVENTURES OF PRINCESS FLOR
ALEE ABOUT A PRINCESS
SCIENTISTS.
WE ARE IN TRYING TO ENCOURAGE
NOT JUST YOUNG GIRLS BUT
EVERYONE THAT YOU HAVE A PLACE
IN STEM.
YOU KNOW, MAKE YOUR OWN PATH,
FIND YOUR BLISS.
SCIENCE SHOULD NOT BE LEFT OUT
OF THAT.
ANDREW: A LOT OF DRAMA AND
EXCITEMENT AND ROMANTIC TENSION.
ADA AND ENGINE IS OPEN NOW IN
OVER THE RHINE AND RUNS THROUGH
MAY 12.
GREGORY TICKETS ARE 25 BUCKS.
RUSH TICKETS $15 AT THE DOOR.
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