Preview
Production Season
Fall 2008
Production Staff
Music by Nancy Ford. Book and lyrics by Gretchen Cryer. Directed by Andrew Hayes
Recommended Citation
Theatre, DePauw, "Einstein and the Roosevelts" (2008). Past DePauw Theatre Seasons. 18, Scholarly and Creative Work from DePauw University.
https://scholarship.depauw.edu/commtheatre_past/18
Keywords
undergraduate theatre
Play Summary
Written by the Broadway award-winning team and DePauw alumni Nancy Ford ('57) and Gretchen Cryer ('57), Einstein and the Roosevelts is the premiere of an inventive musical presenting some lesser-known history of one of America’s most influential couples. The story takes place at an after-life birthday party thrown for Eleanor in the cosmos to which Albert Einstein has been invited to provide entertainment with a violin that summons up moments from the past. The production's imaginative revelation of buried secrets and passions promises to both entertain and educate by combining history and whimsy to illuminate the characters' past choices surrounding love, marriage, and politics during wartime.