A True Story of Hollywood Glamour & Scientific Genius
The World-Renowned Theatrical Tour de Force
Celebrating Women in Science
The 30x Award-Winning, Internationally Acclaimed NYC Play
Featured in 18 Countries on 4 Continents!
Written & Performed by Heather Massie
"Captivating" -- The Huffington Post
Follow the Show:
MAX Conference, Indianapolis, IN - Sept 16-19, 2024
OAPN Conference, Toledo, OH - Sept 29 - Oct 3, 2024
NCPC ArtsMarket, Durham, NC - Oct 21-23, 2024
Future events scheduling in California, Ohio, Indiana, New Zealand, Albania, Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, and more! Details TBA.
AUSTRALIA
FULBRIGHT SPECIALIST TOUR
NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK EVENTS
hosted by THE ROYAL SOCIETY VICTORIA
AUG 5 - SEPT 12, 2024
Touring Australia for National Science Week, hosted by the Royal Society of Victoria, sponsored by World Learning and Fulbright Australia.
BENDIGO, VICTORIA
Wednesday 14 August, 6pm
Bendigo Discovery Centre
Book tickets here
BRUNSWICK , VICTORIA
Tuesday 20 August, 6 for 6:30pm
HOWLER Bar & Theatre, Brunswick, for one night only
The Show runs for 90mins, with an added interval and question time
Tickets & Info
MELBOURNE , VICTORIA
Wednesday 21 August, 7:30pm
Private event at The Lyceum Club
CANBERRA, ACT
Saturday 31 August, 7:30pm - Show & Panel Discussion
The Street Theatre
Tickets & info: www.thestreet.org.au/shows/hedy
MT COMPASS, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Saturday 7 September - Show 7:00 PM - Bar Open 6:30 PM
Mt Compass Supper Club
Tickets & Info:
ticketebo.com.au/mount-compass-supper-club
mountcompass.org/hedy
National Science Week website
Further Events TBA
Show
Hedy Lamarr, glamorous siren of the silver screen, was more than ‘The Most Beautiful Woman in the World’. She invented Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum Technology that makes the world of wireless communication tick. From Austria to Hollywood, WWII, torpedoes, ecstasy, and intrigue to the very cell phone in your pocket, Hedy Lamarr is there!
Heather Massie enchants the audience as Hedy Lamarr, along with Jimmy Stewart, Bette Davis, Louis B Mayer, and more! A 36-character solo play where the audience summons Hedy to unearth the truth behind how a glamorous Hollywood film star could create an invention used in our cell phones, WiFi, GPS, & Bluetooth - launching today's wireless technology revolution!
Mission
To inspire audiences to make the world a better place.
To encourage young women in science & technology.
To establish Hedy Lamarr as a role model for intelligence, ingenuity & invention.
For Touring Worldwide
Theatres, PACs, Arts Festivals, Science Festivals, Universities, Schools, Science Centers, Museums, Libraries, Jewish Centers, STEM & STEAM Events, Technology Conferences & More
Playing Venues 35 - 3000 seats
For Ages 12 through 100+
Community Engagement
Q&As, Panel Discussions, Lectures, Master Classes, Class Visits,
Workshops, & Hedy Lamarr Film Festivals
RECENT SHOWS 2021-2024:
-National WWII Museum - BB's Stage Door Canteen - New Orleans - May 21-30, 2021
-RVK Fringe Festival - Reykjavík, Iceland - July 3-11, 2021
-National Arts Festival - Grahamstown/Makhanda, South Africa Virtual - July 10, 2021
-Stowe Theatre Guild - Stowe, VT - Sept 11&12, 2021
-Suffolk Community College - Brentwood, NY - Oct 27, 2021
-Lucido’s Festival "Extraordinary Women" - Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy - Nov 18-21, 2021
-APAP Conference - NYC - Jan 10-15, 2022
-Private Virtual Performance - Zurich, Switzerland - Jan 24, 2022
-Tubac Center of the Arts - Tubac, AZ - Jan 28, 2022
-Willcox Theater and Arts - Willcox, AZ - Jan 29, 2022
-CPAC Community Performance & Art Center - Green Valley, AZ - Jan 31, 2022
-High Point Theatre - High Point, NC - (previously Feb 24) Rescheduled to Oct 7, 2022
-Goodwill Theatre - Johnson City, NY - Mar 11 (private) & 12 (public), 2022
-District Theatre - Indianapolis, IN - Mar 18-20, 2022
-New York Mills Regional Cultural Center - New York Mills, MN - Apr 13, 2022
-Sweden Tour sponsored by the US Embassy Sweden & the US Dept of State:
-UPPTECH Science Center - Jönköping, Sweden - Apr 26-28, 2022
-Navet Science Center - Borås, Sweden - May 3-5, 2022
-Vetenskapsfestivalen - Intn’l Science Festival - Gothenburg, Sweden - May 6&7, 2022
-Vetenskapsfestivalen Show: May 6 @7PM & Lecture: May 7 @4pm
-Finland shows sponsored by Mid Atlantic Arts USArtists International:
-FinFringe - Turku, Finland - May 11&14, 2022
-Tom Tits Experiment Science Museum - Södertälje, Sweden - May 17-18, 2022
-Cincy Fringe - Cincinnati, OH - June 5-11, 2022
-PortFringe - Portland, ME - June 14-18, 2022
-Virginia 4-H All Stars Centennial - Lecture - Blacksburg, VA - July 30, 2022
-WAA Conference - Calgary, Canada - Aug 29 - Sept 1, 2022
-Scifest Africa - Grahamstown/Makhanda, South Africa - Sept 7-10, 2022
-Cairo Days International Monodrama Festival - Cairo, Egypt - Sept 12-16, 2022
-Sci-Bono Discovery Centre - Johannesburg, South Africa - Sept 22-23, 2022
-Intwasa Arts Festival - Bulawayo, Zimbabwe - Sept 26 - Oct 1, 2022 - postponed TBD
-High Point Theatre - High Point, NC - Oct 7, 2022 & Hedy Lamarr Film Festival - Oct 4-6, 2022
-Zeiterion Performing Arts Center, New Bedford, MA - Nov 1, 2022 - w/ Hedy Lamarr -Film Festival - Oct 18 & Nov 15, 2022
-Sigma Xi 2022 IFoRE Conference - Alexandria, VA - Nov 5, 2022
-O’ahu Fringe Festival - Honolulu, HI - Nov 11&12, 2022
-AMT Theatre - NYC - Dec 9-11, 2022
-Amityville Women’s Club - Amityville, NY - Jan 10, 2023
-APAP Conference - NYC- Jan 12-17, 2023
-Desert Hills Presbyterian Church - Scottsdale, AZ - Jan 27, 2023
-Sarasota Jewish Theatre @ The Players Centre - Sarasota, FL - Feb 21-26, 2023
Tickets Here - Extended - *Sold Out*
-Kirkland Fine Arts Center, Millikin University - Decatur, IL - Apr 21, 2023
-Altesira International Monodrama Festival - El Ksour, Tunisia - June 6-12, 2023
-Virginia State 4-H Congress, Burruss Hall, VA Tech, Blacksburg, VA - June 27, 2023
-Barrymore Film Center - Fort Lee, NJ - Aug 19, 2023 @ 7:30 PM
-WAA - Booking Conference - Seattle, WA - Sept 5-8, 2023
-MAX - Booking Conference - Indianapolis, IN - Sept 18-21, 2023
-Intwasa Arts Festival - Bulawayo, Zimbabwe - Sept 26-30, 2023
Bulawayo Theatre - Wed Sept 27 @ 6PM & Thur Sept 28 @ 2PM
US Embassy Zimbabwe Grant
-Alliance Française Lusaka - Lusaka, Zambia - Oct 7, 2023
-New York City - Morningside Players, 100 La Salle St, NYC - Oct 25-29, 2023
Supported by an LMCC Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Grant
-International Female Monodrama Festival - El Oued, Algeria - Nov 5-10, 2023
- postponed to Jan 2024
-Chilliwack Cultural Centre - Chilliwack, BC, Canada - Nov 16, 2023
-Invisible Theatre - Tucson, AZ - Dec 6-10, 2023
-APAP Conference - NYC - Jan 12-16, 2024
-International Women’s Monodrama Festival - El Oued, Algeria - Jan 26-30, 2024
- Jury Prize
-Oxford Community Arts Center - Oxford, OH - Feb 10, 2024 @ 7:30PM
-Flint Institute of Music - Virtual Shows for Schools & Seniors - Flint, MI
Feb 24 - March 4, 2024
-Heindl Center for the Performing Arts - Senatobia, MS - Mar 5, 2024 @ 7:30PM
-Berman Center for Performing Arts, JCC of Metropolitan Detroit, The J
Performance - Mar 14, 2024 @ 7:30PM
Dementia-Friendly Matinee - Mar 15, 2024 @ 1:00PM
-International Monodrama Festival Carthage - Tunisia - Apr 27 - May 1, 2024
Performance April 29 - House of Culture, Nabeul, Tunisia
-MONO AKT International Festival of Monodrama - Pristina, Kosovo
June 9-14, 2024 - Performance Tuesday, June 11, 2024 @ 7:30 PM
-Teatri Dodona - Pristina, Kosovo - Jury Prize for Playwriting
-Barons Court Theatre - London, England - July 10-13, 2024
-Summer Scriptwriting Base, Storytellers of the Future - Dolen, Bulgaria
Special Short Performance - July 24, 2024
MORE ON RECENT, UPCOMING, & RESCHEDULED SHOWS: HERE
PAST SHOWS: HERE
Fulbright Specialist to South Africa in 2019
through the US Department of State, World Learning, & the US Embassy South Africa
Fulbright Specilaist to Australia in 2024
through the US State Department, World Learning, and Fulbright Australia
30 Awards
Fulbright Specialist to Australia - 2024
US Embassy Tunisia Grant - International Monodrama Festival Carthage - Nabeul, Tunisia - 2024
Jury Prize for Playwriting - MONO ACT International Festival of Monodrama - Pristina, Kosovo - 2024
Jury Prize - International Women’s Monodrama Festival - El Oued, Algeria - 2024
US Embassy Zimbabwe Grant - Intwasa Arts Festival, Bulawayo - 2023
US Embassy Sweden Grant - Vetenskapsfestivalen & Three Swedish Science Centers - 2022
Mid Atlantic Arts - USArtists International Grant - FinFringe, Turku, Finland - 2022
UMEZ - Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Grant - NYC - 2022
Fulbright in the Classroom Grant - 2022
Magna Cum Laude Award - PortFringe, ME - 2022
Oscar Award - PortFringe, ME - 2022
US Embassy Grant - Reykjavík, Iceland - 2021
The Maine Award - RVK Fringe, Reykjavík, Iceland - 2021
Character Actor Award - RVK Fringe, Reykjavík, Iceland - 2021
Best Performance - PRO-ACT Fest, Kyiv, Ukraine - 2020
Fulbright Specialist to South Africa - 2019
US Embassy Zimbabwe Grant - Harare International Festival of the Arts, Harare - 2018
US Embassy Zimbabwe Grant - Intwasa Arts Festival, Bulawayo - 2017
Outstanding Performance in a Solo Show - Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, NYC - 2017
Austrian Cultural Forum New York - Grant Award, NYC - 2017
Audience Choice Award - IndyFringe, Indianapolis, IN - 2017
Sold Out Award - IndyFringe, Indianapolis, IN - 2017
Best Actress - Galway Fringe, Galway, Ireland - 2017
Audience Choice Award - Shenandoah Fringe, Staunton, VA - 2017
Best Actress - SaraSolo Festival, Sarasota, FL - 2017
Special Award - Charm City Fringe, Baltimore, MD - 2017
Austrian Cultural Forum New York - Grant Award, NYC 2016
Festival Bestseller - United Solo Festival, NYC - 2016
Outstanding Actress in a Staged Reading - Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, NYC - 2016
Inaugural Artist-In-Residence - Grange Hall Cultural Center, Waterbury Center, VT - 2016
Reviews
“In Lily Tomlin-esque fashion … Massie channels the iconic star … vividly yet matter-of-factly, and often very humorously … In a balance of high energy and poise, Heather Massie is no less than captivating.”
Jed Ryan - The Huffington Post
"Effervescent and entertaining ... A tour de force solo performance ... Heather Massie wowed the Inspirefest crowd as Hedy Lamarr."
Ellen Tannam & Luke Maxwell - Silicon Republic
"If any woman in history deserves a one-woman tribute show it’s Hedy Lamarr and if any actress is worthy of playing her it’s the exceptionally talented Heather Massie."
Raychel Harvey-Jones - MD Theatre Guide
“Richly realized. Both convincingly real and larger than life … she has us thoroughly swept up.”
Jon Sobel - Blogcritics Magazine
“Highly entertaining ... compelling and humorous … considerable elegance and skill.”
HEDY! The Life and Inventions of Hedy Lamarr Review - Simple and Effective
C.E. Gerber - Splash Magazines
“Remarkable … I congratulate chameleon Heather Massie.”
Hedy Lamarr was Ahead of Her Time
Ed Malin - Theatre In the Now
“Fantastic … A truly remarkable performance.”
“Hedy! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr" Is Fantastic
Andy B - Andy B Sports
“Heather Massie has created a tribute to this amazing woman … And she does it well.”
Laurie Lawson - OffBway Review
“Gorgeous … Heather Massie is the image of Hedy Lamarr.”
Marie Kilker - Total Theater
“Lively and enlightening ... engaging performance.”
Jay Handelman - Sarasota Herald Tribune
Videos
5 Minute Showcase Here:
Presenter Testimonials
“We were just thrilled to have HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr here at the National WWII Museum. It was the perfect show for BB’s Stage Door Canteen. Our audiences left excited about the history and about Hedy Lamarr - raving about the show, telling all of their friends, asking for more, and they were very, very impressed with this ninety minute one woman show. I highly recommend HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr.”
-- Erica Jensen, Director of Entertainment, National WWII Museum, BB’s Stage Door Canteen, New Orleans
“We hosted the show: HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr in May of 2018 as part of our annual science festival. We presented it to a wide range of audiences from adult to university to high school. I was so impressed at how the show connected with audiences in each of those categories – children, students and adults alike were delighted and intrigued by this amazing story and the dynamic way in which it was presented in this one (wonder-) woman show! I have no hesitation in recommending ‘HEDY!’ to you.”
-- Derek Fish, Director, Unizulu Science Centre, University of Zululand, South Africa
“HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr was a delight for our audiences to watch. This great story is inspiring to young girls and women interested in the sciences and the arts. The story shares the amazing truth that one can follow multiple passions and be successful in more than one field. Heather Massie portrays Hedy Lamarr exquisitely and is a delight to work with. She brings her passion and inspiring message to children of all ages and keeps them engaged and excited! This is a show that I would highly recommend, for any venue. It reaches all audiences young and old, those interested in the sciences, arts, history, you name it this show will check that box for all your niche audiences. Book Now!”
-- Dennis F. Malak, Director of Operations, Doudna Fine Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University
"As always your enthusiasm, attention to detail, professionalism and performance brings a stunning portrayal of a woman about whom few know more than she was beautiful. Our audience left knowing so much more about the brilliance behind that beauty of Hedy Lamarr."
-- Pauline Moffat, Managing Director, The District Theatre, Indianapolis
“I feel extremely privileged to write a few lines about an artist whose thought-provoking work touched my spirit and continues to inspire me, even months after the performance. It was an honor to present Heather Massie and her one-woman show HEDY! The Life and Inventions of Hedy Lamarr at the Doudna Fine Arts Center in Charleston, Illinois.
“It was a fluke occurrence that enabled our paths to cross, thus resulting the two of us seated at the same conference luncheon table. Five minutes one way or another and we may have missed what I consider a meaningful coincidence. I am extremely appreciative of how some random moments bring forth unexpected joy and that’s exactly how I regard the professional relationship that has been established between the Doudna and this amazing actor.
“Through our luncheon courses, I was fortunate to learn of Heather’s passion in carrying the story of Hollywood legend and scientific genius Hedy Lamarr. That noontime encounter would result in HEDY! The Life and Inventions of Hedy Lamarr being part of our Center’s Premier Performance season.
“Heather Massie’s performance is so mesmerizing that you may begin to believe it’s actually Hedy Lamarr on stage telling her own story. Massie seems to embody the spirit of the woman whose remarkable story is so full of controversy, intrigue, and Hollywood glamour, that we fail to see beyond the outward appearance of the woman who was called “The Most Beautiful Woman in the World” and forget this is the person who pioneered the technology that would one day be the basis for WIFI, GPS, and Bluetooth communication. Heather Massie is an amazing artist who tells the amazing story of a visionary woman and she is flawless doing so. Bravo!
“While it seems that sharing Hedy Lamarr’s story on stage would be enough, Heather Massie’s mission goes further. Her goal is to expand her performances by writing and performing the compelling stories of other significant women trailblazers whose impact have profoundly affected humankind. And by telling these stories she will inspire young people, especially girls, to embrace science and technology and excel in all things that make our planet a better place live. Now that’s a mission!
“Heather Massie gave our audience a true gift through her artistry. Heather, thank you for your enthusiasm and passion.”
Sincerely,
-- Dan Crews, Doudna Fine Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois
